{"id":3527,"date":"2013-08-07T11:01:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T10:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2013-08-09T06:49:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T05:49:35","slug":"uk-fixed-line-home-broadband-isp-speeds-hit-14_7mbps-says-ofcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/08\/uk-fixed-line-home-broadband-isp-speeds-hit-14_7mbps-says-ofcom.html","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE UK Fixed Line Home Broadband ISP Speeds Hit 14.7Mbps Says Ofcom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-133 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"ofcom\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\">Ofcom<\/a> has published its latest biannual report into the real-world performance of fixed line broadband ISP speeds in the United Kingdom, which found that the average internet download rate had climbed to 14.7Mbps (Megabits per second) and that&#8217;s up from 12Mbps six months earlier (+22%). But rural areas continue to suffer from slow speeds.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the <strong>Digital Speed Divide<\/strong> between urban and rural areas\u00a0shows little sign of closing. The average download speed for urban areas now comes in at 26.4Mbps (up from 21.4Mbps last year), while sub-urban areas saw 17.9Mbps (up from 13.2Mbps) and\u00a0rural folk get just 9.9Mbps (up from 5.9Mbps). Elsewhere the <strong>average upload speed<\/strong> reached 1.8Mbps (up from 1.4Mbps in November 2012).<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" alt=\"ofcom_average_uk_broadband_isp_speeds_august_2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2013-internet-statistics\/ofcom_average_uk_broadband_isp_speeds_august_2013.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The primary reason for this rural vs urban divide is because rural homes often connect via longer copper lines (slower speeds via <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-121 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/adsl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"digital subscriber line\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_DSL.php\">ADSL<\/a>) and are usually last to benefit from upgrades to the latest access technologies (sparse populations are often commercially unviable for <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a>). So far the commercial roll-out of superfast broadband (25-30Mbps+) services has tended to focus on urban areas, which means that this performance gap has only widened.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Claudio Pollack, Ofcoms Consumer Group Director, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We are yet to see the full effect of Government measures to improve broadband availability in rural areas, which should also help to boost speeds. We also anticipate <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-116 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"4g\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_mobile.php\">4G<\/a> mobile to have a positive effect on mobile broadband availability across the UK<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The government&#8217;s plan to spend <strong>\u00a31.2bn of state aid<\/strong> (not including the match-funded contributions from the EU and local authorities) on making superfast broadband available to 95% of the United Kingdom by <strong>2017<\/strong> could help to close the gap. But the related rollout has only just begun and the most remote rural areas will still have to wait awhile before they see the benefit.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" alt=\"ofcom_average_uk_broadband_isp_speeds_by_technology_2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2013-internet-statistics\/ofcom_average_uk_broadband_isp_speeds_by_technology_2013.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile the proportion of broadband connections classed as \u201c<em>superfast<\/em>\u201d (i.e. offering an \u201cadvertised speed\u201d of 30Mbps+) is also on the increase and has now hit 19% of residential broadband connections (up from 14% in November 2012).<\/p>\n<p>The table above clearly shows how <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>&#8217;s &#8220;cable&#8221; and <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-120 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"fttc\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_cable.php\">FTTC<\/a>\/P\u00a0technologies (not to mention similar FTTx services from KC, Digital Region, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-48\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/hyperopticfibre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"hyperoptic\">Hyperoptic<\/a> and others etc.) have also continued to push average speeds upwards. In particular last year\u2019s <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-120 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"fttc\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_cable.php\">FTTC<\/a> upgrade from a headline rate of 40Mbps to 80Mbps and Virgin&#8217;s double speed programme have clearly had an impact.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s particularly interesting to see how this performance breaks down between the major ISPs (below). But it should be noted that no data for <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>, <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> or <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-59\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"talktalk\">TalkTalk<\/a>&#8217;s superfast fibre broadband (FTTC) services have been included, which is largely due to limited uptake and thus a lack of viable test data.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" alt=\"ofcom_average_download_speed_by_isp_may_2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2013-internet-statistics\/ofcom_average_download_speed_by_isp_may_2013.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Of the 14 ISP packages included in the report, <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>&#8217;s 120Mbps package\u00a0achieved the fastest download speeds (average of 112.6Mbps) but BT 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>&#8217;s FTTC based packages weren&#8217;t too shabby either. It&#8217;s also interesting to note that <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-75\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/plusnetuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"plus.net\">PlusNet<\/a> appears to be one of the strongest, at least among the bigger ISPs, for older ADSL2+ products.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Claudio Pollack, Ofcoms Consumer Group Director, added:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>With the average household now owning more than three types of internet-connected devices, consumers are demanding more than ever from their broadband service. Internet providers have responded by upgrading customers to higher speed services and launching new superfast packages<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In total the packages listed in <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-133 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"ofcom\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s report accounted for more than half of UK residential broadband connections during May 2013, although it should be noted that the regulators results are based off the installation of special monitoring routers (<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-139 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/samknows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"samknows\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.samknows.com\">SamKnows<\/a>) in <strong>2,218 homes<\/strong> around the country (these performed 736 million separate tests on the various ISP connections). A somewhat limited sample size.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator now states that it will &#8220;<em>shortly<\/em>&#8221; also be publishing new research into whether ISPs need to improve the information they provide on <strong>Traffic Management<\/strong> policies, which is also a key requirement of\u00a0the new EU proposals to &#8220;<em>Safeguard<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0an open internet and <strong>Net Neutrality<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/07\/leaked-eu-laws-and-police-raid-on-isps-raise-net-neutrality-concerns.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ofcoms UK Fixed Line Broadband Speed Study (May 2013 Data)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk\/binaries\/research\/broadband-research\/may2013\/Fixed_bb_speeds_May_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk\/..\/Fixed_bb_speeds_May_2013.pdf<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 11:41am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth pointing out that the ASA&#8217;s guidelines for tackling <strong>misleading promotions<\/strong> of \u201c<em>up to<\/em>\u201d broadband speeds (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/04\/uk-isps-react-as-asa-starts-enforcing-new-broadband-advertising-rules.html\" target=\"_blank\">full summary<\/a>) also requires ISPs to \u201c<em>demonstrate that [their] advertised speeds are achievable by at least 10% of users<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile\u00a0people who do suffer serious speed problems can sometimes get help through Ofcom\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/story\/2010\/07\/27\/average-uk-broadband-speed-hits-5-2mb-and-ofcom-toughens-isp-rules.html\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Voluntary Broadband Speeds Code of Practice<\/strong><\/a> (Version 2), which requires member ISPs (<a href=\"http:\/\/stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk\/telecoms\/codes-of-practice\/broadband-speeds-cop-2010\/list-of-isps-2010\" target=\"_new\">Listed Here<\/a>) to explain to new customers the access line speed that they\u2019re likely to achieve at home, and to try to resolve any problems when speeds fall significantly below the estimate.<\/p>\n<p>If the speed problem cannot be resolved then customers should be able to <strong>leave their provider<\/strong>, without penalty, within the first 3 months of a contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom has published its latest biannual report into the real-world performance of fixed line broadband ISP speeds in the United Kingdom, which found that the average internet download rate had climbed to 14.7Mbps (Megabits per second) and that&#8217;s up from 12Mbps six months earlier (+22%). 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