{"id":14374,"date":"2017-12-28T00:04:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T00:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=14374"},"modified":"2018-01-02T08:07:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T08:07:58","slug":"2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html","title":{"rendered":"The 2017 vs 2016 Top Fastest UK Home Broadband and Mobile Providers"},"content":{"rendered":"

We take a look back to see how much faster the national fixed line broadband ISPs and mobile (3G<\/a> \/ 4G<\/a>) network operators have become for download and upload speed over the past 12 months, which reveals that Virgin Media<\/a>, Hyperoptic<\/a> and EE<\/a> continue to come top in the speed stakes.<\/p>\n

As usual it’s crucial not to confuse speedtest based results, like those below, with network availability because take-up and other factors can have a big impact. At the end of 2017 some 95% of UK homes and businesses were estimated to be within reach of a “fixed superfast broadband<\/em>” (24Mbps+<\/strong>) service and yet just under half of premises still take a slower ADSL<\/a> line, which helps to drag down the results at some ISPs.<\/p>\n

On top of that every home is different and speed can be affected by all sorts of issues, such as network congestion and this can be a particular problem at busy peak times (in order to offer an affordable service the capacity has to be shared between many users). Many other issues may also be beyond the provider\u2019s ability to control (slow wifi<\/a>, poor home wiring and the customer choice of package \/ speed etc.).<\/p>\n

Similarly 4G<\/a> mobile networks are approaching near universal levels of population coverage (c.97-98% of the UK), although in practice a lot of people may still connect via slower 3G<\/a> data services and signal quality can be highly variable depending upon your location. Likewise 4G<\/a> operators also have different amounts of radio spectrum and network maturity, which impacts their available performance.<\/p>\n

Suffice to say that we do not consider the below data to be a reliable barometer for individual users, but it can help to highlight general changes in the market. Overall the ever expanding reach of faster networks and take-up means that we should be seeing a general upward curve as consumers adopt faster services and this appears to hold true.<\/p>\n

The Fastest Fixed Line Broadband ISPs
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The following results use data extracted from Thinkbroadband<\/a>’s database (including our Broadband Speedtest<\/a><\/strong>) and we only cover independent providers with strong national availability. We would like to fully cover smaller alternative network (altnet) ISPs but they tend not to produce much data and aren\u2019t available to the vast majority of premises, although we do display a few examples from altnets below the main table.<\/p>\n

Take note that the 4-5 slowest ISPs usually have a higher proportion of users on old copper ADSL<\/a> lines and this suppresses their standing. So please take such results with a pinch of salt because the market is a lot more complicated than speedtests can show. We also include an extra result to reveal the fastest 10% of connections at each ISP, which adds some useful context.<\/p>\n

NOTE: The top 10% result, shown below inside brackets, represents the download speed experienced by the fastest 10% of customers on each ISP. Both the 2016 and 2017 results are based off data that was published during early December (Dec) of each year. All the results are in Megabits per second and the averages are ‘mean’ based.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Average Download Speeds (2017 vs 2016)
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nISP<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n 2017 (Top 10%)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2016 (Top 10%)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n Change<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nVirgin Media<\/a><\/td>\n62.1Mbps (129.5Mbps)<\/td>\n50.9Mbps (103.5Mbps)<\/td>\n22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nAAISP<\/td>\n38.2Mbps (72.8Mbps)<\/td>\n31.7Mbps (73.3Mbps)<\/td>\n20.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\niDNET<\/a><\/td>\n31.9Mbps (68.2Mbps)<\/td>\n24.5Mbps (67Mbps)<\/td>\n30.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nZen Internet<\/a><\/td>\n31.4Mbps (68.5Mbps)<\/td>\n26.7Mbps (65.1Mbps)<\/td>\n17.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\nBT<\/a><\/td>\n27.9Mbps (62.3Mbps)<\/td>\n24Mbps (51.3Mbps)<\/td>\n16.25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nVodafone<\/a><\/td>\n25.1Mbps (43.9Mbps)<\/td>\n28.9Mbps (55.1Mbps)<\/td>\n-13.15%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nPlusnet<\/a><\/td>\n21.6Mbps (45.2Mbps)<\/td>\n18.4Mbps (43.1Mbps)<\/td>\n17.39%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nEE<\/a><\/td>\n16.9Mbps (36.2Mbps)<\/td>\n13.7Mbps (34.8Mbps)<\/td>\n23.36%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>\nTalkTalk<\/a><\/td>\n16.6Mbps (36.9Mbps)<\/td>\n14.2Mbps (34.7Mbps)<\/td>\n16.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\nSky Broadband<\/a><\/td>\n16.1Mbps (35.1Mbps)<\/td>\n13.3Mbps (31.9Mbps)<\/td>\n21.05%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Average Upload Speeds (2017 vs 2016)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nISP<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2017<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n2016<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n Change<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nAAISP<\/td>\n10Mbps<\/td>\n7.5Mbps<\/td>\n33.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\niDNET<\/a><\/td>\n8.1Mbps<\/td>\n6.5Mbps<\/td>\n24.62%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nZen Internet<\/a><\/td>\n8Mbps<\/td>\n7Mbps<\/td>\n14.29%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nVirgin Media<\/a><\/td>\n7.4Mbps<\/td>\n6.3Mbps<\/td>\n17.46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\nBT<\/a> (Tied)<\/td>\n6.6Mbps<\/td>\n5.7Mbps<\/td>\n15.79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nVodafone<\/a> (Tied)<\/td>\n6.6Mbps<\/td>\n8.4Mbps<\/td>\n-21.43%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nPlusnet<\/a><\/td>\n3.9Mbps<\/td>\n3.3Mbps<\/td>\n18.18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nEE<\/a> (Tied)<\/td>\n3.7Mbps<\/td>\n3.4Mbps<\/td>\n8.82%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>\nTalkTalk<\/a> (Tied)<\/td>\n3.7Mbps<\/td>\n1.9Mbps<\/td>\n94.74%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\nSky Broadband<\/a><\/td>\n3.5Mbps<\/td>\n3Mbps<\/td>\n16.67%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Overall the average download speed<\/strong> of the top ten national providers was 28.78Mbps (up from 24.63Mbps at the end of 2016) and the average upload speed<\/strong> hit 6.15Mbps (up from 5.3Mbps).<\/p>\n

Broadly speaking most ISPs have increased their overall performance since the end of last year, although Vodafone<\/a> is the clear exception. Vodafone are still growing and have only been in the market for a fairly short time, which means their customer base may be more prone to fluctuations due to produce choice. On the other hand it may be no coincidence that they’ve also become one of the markets cheapest FTTC<\/a> providers, which could run the risk of sacrificing service quality.<\/p>\n

Obviously the reason why Virgin Media has such a commanding lead is because nearly all of the other providers are dominated by Openreach<\/a>’s slower ‘up to’ 20Mbps ADSL<\/a> and faster ‘up to’ 40-80Mbps FTTC<\/a> (VDSL2<\/a>) technologies, which can suffer from highly variable performance due to longer and less reliable copper lines.<\/p>\n

By comparison Virgin’s Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP<\/a>\/H) based EuroDOCSIS network is able to offer much more stable and ultrafast speeds (up to 350Mbps) to around 50%+ of premises (urban areas). On top of that their entry-level package is a 50Mbps product and this makes a huge difference vs ADSL dominated ISPs, although their EuroDOCSIS technology does struggle with upload speed.<\/p>\n

Now flip over to page 2 to see more analysis, as well as the fastest altnets and mobile operators..<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Over the next few years we’re expecting to see a steady surge in performance as Virgin expands their network to reach 60-65% of the UK and adopts the Gigabit capable DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1 upgrade. Similarly Openreach<\/a> intends to roll-out more Gigabit capable FTTP<\/a> and 160-330Mbps G.fast<\/a> across most of the UK by 2025, which should eventually boost ISPs that use their network.<\/p>\n

At this point it’s worth taking a look at how smaller alternative network (altnet) providers compare with the mainstream national ISPs. Sadly most altnets only have a comparatively niche level of network coverage and sample speedtest data, which means that we can’t offer a very comprehensive list but we can show a few of the larger or more familiar players.<\/p>\n

Altnets by Average Speed (2017 vs 2016)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
ISP<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2017 Download Result (2016)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2017 Upload Result (2016)<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		2017 Top 10% Down (2016)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyperoptic<\/a><\/td>\n94.9Mbps (78.9Mbps)<\/td>\n84.8Mbps (66.4Mbps)<\/td>\n184Mbps (171Mbps)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B4RN<\/a><\/td>\n85.1Mbps (no data)<\/td>\n77.1Mbps (no data)<\/td>\n286.1Mbps (no data)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gigaclear<\/a><\/td>\n56.3Mbps (64.4Mbps)<\/td>\n50.6Mbps (62.5Mbps)<\/td>\n102.5Mbps (104.8Mbps)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KCOM<\/a><\/td>\n50.1Mbps (32.1Mbps)<\/td>\n15.1Mbps (8.6Mbps)<\/td>\n109.1Mbps (80.1Mbps)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The 2016 results are in brackets above.<\/p>\n

All of the above providers use ultrafast FTTP<\/a> technology, although you’ll note that the results don’t reflect the Gigabit (1000Mbps) style capability of their optical fibre networks and there are several reasons for that. Firstly, not everybody chooses the fastest package offered by each ISP (the slowest tier from Hyperoptic<\/a> is 30Mbps and likewise 50Mbps at Gigaclear<\/a>).<\/p>\n

On top of that it’s also much more challenging to get accurate speedtests of 1Gbps FTTP services (assuming that is the package tier being taken) because they can easily be impacted by the limitations of other technologies (e.g. slow WiFi<\/a> or older Ethernet standards) and the testing server itself, which is something that a lot of people overlook.<\/p>\n

Likewise KCOM<\/a> may have a large FTTP network, although their top residential speed is 250Mbps and many of their customers are still using much slower ADSL2+ services or a little FTTC<\/a>. Once again all of these factors combine to drag down the performance.<\/p>\n

The Top Fastest Mobile Network Operators<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The fastest Mobile Network Operator (MNO) is usually the one that has both the best 4G coverage and owns the most radio spectrum (i.e. LTE-Advanced based 4G technologies can deliver faster speeds by harnessing multiple spectrum bands), which unsurprisingly means that EE continues to top the table. The operator has benefited from nearly a year’s head-start on their 4G roll-out but rivals are catching up.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless EE is currently the only operator to have pledged to achieve UK geographic (landmass) 4G coverage of 95% by the end of 2020, which should enable them to retain their performance lead for a little while longer. However more radio spectrum is now coming up for auction and the balance of power may eventually end up swinging in favour of a different operator.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> We didn’t track the top 10% result in 2016.<\/p>\n

Average Download Speeds<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No.<\/strong><\/td>\n Operator<\/strong><\/td>\n 2017 (Top 10%)
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		2016
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nEE<\/td>\n26.5Mbps (56.4Mbps)<\/td>\n27.4Mbps<\/td>\n-3.28%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nVodafone<\/td>\n19.2Mbps (44.1Mbps)<\/td>\n16.3Mbps<\/td>\n17.79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nThree UK<\/a><\/td>\n16.5Mbps (40.4Mbps)<\/td>\n14.4Mbps tied<\/td>\n14.58%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nO2<\/a><\/td>\n14.4Mbps (31.1Mbps)<\/td>\n14.4Mbps tied<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Average Upload Speeds<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No.<\/strong><\/td>\n Operator<\/strong><\/td>\n 2017
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		2016
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nEE<\/td>\n6.5Mbps<\/td>\n5.3Mbps<\/td>\n3.17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nThree UK<\/a><\/td>\n5Mbps<\/td>\n3.7Mbps<\/td>\n35.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nO2<\/a><\/td>\n4.4Mbps<\/td>\n3.1Mbps<\/td>\n41.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nVodafone<\/td>\n4.1Mbps<\/td>\n3.5Mbps<\/td>\n17.14<\/span>%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Overall the average download speed<\/strong> of the top four mobile operators was 19.15Mbps (up from 18.12Mbps at the end of 2016) and the average upload speed<\/strong> hit 5Mbps (up from 3.9Mbps). Just remember that Mobile services are particularly subject to the daily movements and radically differing hardware choices (Smartphones etc.) of end-users, which makes it especially difficult to establish a reliable picture of performance.<\/p>\n

However we suspect that EE’s largely unchanged download performance may well reflect the maturity of their network coverage, which can now cover around 98-99% of the UK population. By comparison O2<\/a>, Vodafone and Three UK<\/a> are still playing catch-up and thus they continue to have more locations where only 3G<\/a> is available.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Readers can conduct a test of their Internet connection performance via our Speedtest Page<\/a><\/strong>, which also contains a simplified summary of the above data including the previous mid-year 2017 result instead of the 2016 score; this reflects the fact that we tend to do biannual reports on service speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We take a look back to see how much faster the national fixed line broadband ISPs and mobile (3G \/ 4G) network operators have become for download and upload speed over the past 12 months, which reveals that Virgin Media, Hyperoptic and EE continue to come top in the speed stakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[35,150,474,405,32,84,66,34,74,63,475,96,98],"class_list":["post-14374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial_article","category-uk_isp_news","tag-aaisp","tag-awards","tag-bt","tag-ee","tag-o2","tag-plusnet","tag-sky-broadband","tag-statistics","tag-talktalk","tag-three-uk","tag-virgin-media","tag-vodafone","tag-zen-internet"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"\nThe 2017 vs 2016 Top Fastest UK Home Broadband and Mobile Providers - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We take a look back to see how much faster the national fixed line broadband ISPs and mobile (3G \/ 4G) network operators have become for download and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html\/2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The 2017 vs 2016 Top Fastest UK Home Broadband and Mobile Providers - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We take a look back to see how much faster the national fixed line broadband ISPs and mobile (3G \/ 4G) network operators have become for download and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-28T00:04:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-01-02T08:07:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"The 2017 vs 2016 Top Fastest UK Home Broadband and Mobile Providers\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-28T00:04:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-02T08:07:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html\"},\"wordCount\":1566,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"AAISP\",\"Awards\",\"BT\",\"EE\",\"O2\",\"Plusnet\",\"Sky Broadband\",\"Statistics\",\"TalkTalk\",\"Three UK\",\"Virgin Media\",\"Vodafone\",\"Zen Internet\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Editorial Article\",\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html\",\"name\":\"The 2017 vs 2016 Top Fastest UK Home Broadband and Mobile Providers - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-28T00:04:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-02T08:07:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"We take a look back to see how much faster the national fixed line broadband ISPs and mobile (3G \\\/ 4G) network operators have become for download and\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The 2017 vs 2016 Top Fastest UK Home Broadband and Mobile Providers - ISPreview UK","description":"We take a look back to see how much faster the national fixed line broadband ISPs and mobile (3G \/ 4G) network operators have become for download and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html","next":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html\/2","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"The 2017 vs 2016 Top Fastest UK Home Broadband and Mobile Providers - ISPreview UK","og_description":"We take a look back to see how much faster the national fixed line broadband ISPs and mobile (3G \/ 4G) network operators have become for download and","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2017-12-28T00:04:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-01-02T08:07:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"The 2017 vs 2016 Top Fastest UK Home Broadband and Mobile Providers","datePublished":"2017-12-28T00:04:55+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-02T08:07:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html"},"wordCount":1566,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"keywords":["AAISP","Awards","BT","EE","O2","Plusnet","Sky Broadband","Statistics","TalkTalk","Three UK","Virgin Media","Vodafone","Zen Internet"],"articleSection":["Editorial Article","ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html","name":"The 2017 vs 2016 Top Fastest UK Home Broadband and Mobile Providers - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-12-28T00:04:55+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-02T08:07:58+00:00","description":"We take a look back to see how much faster the national fixed line broadband ISPs and mobile (3G \/ 4G) network operators have become for download and","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/2017-vs-2016-top-fastest-uk-home-broadband-mobile-providers.html"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}