It's now possible to right-click on the bidb.uk map on desktop to search for number 1 of the closest clicked postcode

In August we served 892,148 lookup requests, an increase of 29% from July 📈 That's more than double what we had in April.

Today we've added a new native checker for B4SH, an altnet covering rural Surrey 🎉 Thank you very much b4sh for your help getting this up and running!

In September we served 916,490 lookup requests, an increase of 3% from August 📈 A reduced rate of increase this month, but still climbing!

This weekend we've put 3 new native checkers live 🎉 The more we have, the more useful bidb.uk becomes for all. If you work for a non-covered network, please do reach out! bidb.uk/newnetwork

A busy month! In October we served 1,110,442 lookup requests, an increase of 21% and our first month exceeding a million🎉📈 In the near future, the way these numbers are reported will likely change in order to remain meaningful.

Thanks to everyone that nominated bidb.uk for the Internet Services Providers Association (ISPAUK) #internethero award, it means a lot❤️and congratulations to the other finalists, @teamB4RN Digital Poverty Alliance and #Starlink. ispa.org.uk/digital-inclus…

On the way to the Internet Services Providers Association (ISPAUK) awards, we've had a little time to write up about the architecture behind the new bidb.uk coverage maps. If you want to learn more about how we build maps, have a read! 🗺️ tech.msh100.uk/internet/maps/…

This year's outstanding achievement goes to Mark Jackson Mark Jackson. It goes without saying that Mark has been central to the discussions across industry, running ISPreview for over 20 years. We believe his work covering our sector is worthy of recognition. #ISPAs22

Last month we served 1,463,039 lookup requests, an increase of 32% from October 📈 It's been a busy month all around! In November we've been to the ISPA awards and finalised our mapping framework 🗺️ Of course, there's more to come!

A week ago we rewrote the way we determine signal strength for cell providers to be much more robust 📶 We now have much more control over the strength logic and will continue to tweak it to make them as accurate as possible. If anything seems odd, do let us know!

In July we saw a 4% increase in lookups from June 📈 Our lookup numbers are fairly stable at the moment. This increase can almost entirely be accounted for by the longer month.