{"id":14864,"date":"2017-10-31T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=14864"},"modified":"2017-10-31T12:47:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:47:18","slug":"virgin-media-plusnet-come-top-2017-customer-survey-uk-isps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/virgin-media-plusnet-come-top-2017-customer-survey-uk-isps.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media and Plusnet Come Top in 2017 Customer Survey of UK ISPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comparison site Cable has published the winners of a huge new ISP survey, which interviewed 16,753 UK broadband customers to identify the best providers via five categories (reliability, value for money, customer service, speed and switching). <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-65\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"virgin media\">Virgin Media<\/a> and <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-75\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/plusnetuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"plus.net\">Plusnet<\/a> came top.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Customers were asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cable.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cable.co.uk<\/a> to rate their existing broadband provider by giving them a score for each category, which was done on a scale of 1 to 10 (i.e. 1 is &#8220;<em>completely fails \/ failed to meet my expectations<\/em>&#8221; and 10 is &#8220;<em>hugely exceeds \/ exceeded my expectations<\/em>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>Sadly the the results only cover the largest providers, which the site said is because those ISPs with fewer than 400 responses were removed &#8220;<em>as a result of normal error margins producing adverse effects within such a huge sample<\/em>.&#8221; The data itself was collected by <strong>Atomik Research<\/strong> during a three-week period starting from 5th Oct 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The results are bad news for <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-59\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"talktalk\">TalkTalk<\/a>, which came bottom in three out of the five categories.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-radius: 4px;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\" width=\"242\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Mean average of ALL categories&quot;}\"><strong>Mean Average of All Categories<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Plusnet&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-75\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/plusnetuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"plus.net\">Plusnet<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:7.155172413793105}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\" data-sheets-formula=\"=(vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C2:R10C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C4:R10C5,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C6:R10C7,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C2:R19C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C4:R25C5,2,false))\/5\">7.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Virgin Media&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-65\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"virgin media\">Virgin Media<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:7.148484848484848}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\" data-sheets-formula=\"=(vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C2:R10C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C4:R10C5,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C6:R10C7,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C2:R19C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C4:R25C5,2,false))\/5\">7.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sky&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-86\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Sky Broadband\">Sky Broadband<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:7.0030174695606195}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\" data-sheets-formula=\"=(vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C2:R10C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C4:R10C5,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C6:R10C7,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C2:R19C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C4:R25C5,2,false))\/5\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Vodafone&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"vodafone\">Vodafone<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.771495327102803}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\" data-sheets-formula=\"=(vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C2:R10C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C4:R10C5,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C6:R10C7,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C2:R19C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C4:R25C5,2,false))\/5\">6.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;EE&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-43\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"ee home broadband\">EE<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.763001027749228}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\" data-sheets-formula=\"=(vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C2:R10C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C4:R10C5,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C6:R10C7,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C2:R19C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C4:R25C5,2,false))\/5\">6.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;BT&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.714642572415625}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\" data-sheets-formula=\"=(vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C2:R10C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C4:R10C5,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C6:R10C7,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C2:R19C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C4:R25C5,2,false))\/5\">6.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;TalkTalk&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-59\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"talktalk\">TalkTalk<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.56753623188406}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\" data-sheets-formula=\"=(vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C2:R10C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C4:R10C5,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R4C6:R10C7,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C2:R19C3,2,false)+vlookup(R[0]C[-1],R13C4:R25C5,2,false))\/5\">6.57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-radius: 4px;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\" width=\"242\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Customer service&quot;}\"><strong>Customer service<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Plusnet&quot;}\">Plusnet<\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:7.146551724137928}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">7.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sky&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-86\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Sky Broadband\">Sky Broadband<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.91556379036528}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Virgin Media&quot;}\">Virgin Media<\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.89508723599632}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Vodafone&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"vodafone\">Vodafone<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.609813084112152}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;EE&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-43\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"ee home broadband\">EE<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.585817060637195}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;BT&quot;}\"><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.416157321286203}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;TalkTalk&quot;}\">TalkTalk<\/td>\n<td width=\"175\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.086956521739125}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-radius: 4px;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\" width=\"197\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Value for money&quot;}\"><strong>Value for money<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Plusnet&quot;}\">Plusnet<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:7.144636015325672}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">7.14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;TalkTalk&quot;}\">TalkTalk<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.863354037267089}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;EE&quot;}\">EE<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.8530318602261024}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sky&quot;}\">Sky Broadband<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.731868713605101}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Vodafone&quot;}\">Vodafone<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.6588785046728995}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Virgin Media&quot;}\">Virgin Media<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.563820018365491}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;BT&quot;}\">BT<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.33297900611215}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-radius: 4px;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\" width=\"196\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Speed&quot;}\"><strong>Speed<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Virgin Media&quot;}\">Virgin Media<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:7.398071625344339}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">7.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Vodafone&quot;}\">Vodafone<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.939252336448598}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sky&quot;}\">Sky Broadband<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.772366331392273}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Plusnet&quot;}\">Plusnet<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.770114942528737}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;BT&quot;}\">BT<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.7079457879351665}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;EE&quot;}\">EE<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.496402877697842}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;TalkTalk&quot;}\">TalkTalk<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.2559006211180135}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-radius: 4px;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\" width=\"196\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Reliability of service &quot;}\"><strong>Reliability of service<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Virgin Media&quot;}\">Virgin Media<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:7.649449035812659}\" 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data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;EE&quot;}\">EE<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.921891058581706}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Vodafone&quot;}\">Vodafone<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.808411214953271}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;TalkTalk&quot;}\">TalkTalk<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6.688198757763968}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,2,&quot;###0.00&quot;,1]\">6.69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comparison site Cable has published the winners of a huge new ISP survey, which interviewed 16,753 UK broadband 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