{"id":25074,"date":"2020-12-05T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T00:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=25074"},"modified":"2020-12-03T14:32:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T14:32:53","slug":"ofcom-see-average-uk-broadband-isp-speeds-rise-to-71-8mbps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/12\/ofcom-see-average-uk-broadband-isp-speeds-rise-to-71-8mbps.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom See Average UK Broadband ISP Speeds Rise to 71.8Mbps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> has published a biannual update for their latest dataset on fixed broadband speeds, which among other things found that the average (mean) actual download speed of UK residential ISPs has increased from 64Mbps (14Mbps upload) in their May 2020 report (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/ofcom-2020-study-average-uk-broadband-isp-speeds-hit-64mb.html\">here<\/a>) to 71.8Mbps (14.2Mbps) now.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The regulator&#8217;s study is based off data gathered via custom modified routers from <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-139 shortlink-chref\" title=\"samknows\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samknows.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.samknows.com\">SamKnows<\/a>, which are installed in a few thousand homes. This method of testing is extremely accurate (i.e. tests avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> and are only done during idle periods), but the limited sample size does tend to limit their focus to only the most common broadband technologies, packages and ISPs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s May 2020 report was based on data gathered in November 2019, while this latest update uses data gathered in May 2020.<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/__data\/assets\/file\/0028\/207199\/home-broadband-speeds-data-may-2020-weighted.csv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest data<\/a> is also fairly raw and not as detailed or extensive as their main annual report, which normally comes out in the Spring. As such we&#8217;re only going to post a very short summary of the key figures. All of the speeds stated below are downstream, unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" style=\"width: 100%; padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2020-uk-internet-statistics\/ofcom_dec_2020_avg_broadband_speeds.png\" alt=\"ofcom_dec_2020_avg_broadband_speeds\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" style=\"width: 100%; padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2020-uk-internet-statistics\/ofcom_dec_2020_avg_broadband_speeds_by_time_of_day.png\" alt=\"ofcom_dec_2020_avg_broadband_speeds_by_time_of_day\"><\/p>\n<p>The regulator has also taken an updated look at the differences in broadband speed between urban and rural areas on copper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/adsl\">ADSL<\/a> and hybrid fibre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/vdsl\">VDSL2<\/a>) lines. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/adsl\">ADSL<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> copper lines tend to be shorter in urban areas than in rural ones, urban lines tend to perform a bit better than those in rural areas (lower signal degradation over distance).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" style=\"width: 100%; padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2020-uk-internet-statistics\/ofcom_dec_2020_avg_broadband_speeds_rural_vs_urban.png\" alt=\"ofcom_dec_2020_avg_broadband_speeds_rural_vs_urban\"><\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s short update also gives us a look at the differences in average latency times (lower figures are better) between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> broadband packages on UK ISPs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Broadband<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/plusnetuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Plusnet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> (see below). As you&#8217;d expect they all have broadly similar performance characteristics and a difference of 1-2ms (milliseconds) here or there isn&#8217;t really worth worrying about.<\/p>\n<p>Just for good measure they also seem to have included the &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> variant of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s 67Mbps package, which naturally shows a much more obvious performance benefit over FTTC. We have seen other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> networks delivering even better results than this.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" style=\"width: 100%; padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2020-uk-internet-statistics\/ofcom_dec_2020_avg_latency_by_isp.png\" alt=\"ofcom_dec_2020_avg_latency_by_isp\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom has published a biannual update for their latest dataset on fixed broadband speeds, which among other things found that the average (mean) actual download speed of UK residential ISPs has increased from 64Mbps (14Mbps upload) in their May 2020 report (here) to 71.8Mbps (14.2Mbps) now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[474,405,55,56,36,84,66,34,74],"class_list":["post-25074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bt","tag-ee","tag-fttc","tag-fttp","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-plusnet","tag-sky-broadband","tag-statistics","tag-talktalk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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