{"id":6796,"date":"2014-06-02T01:04:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T00:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=6796"},"modified":"2014-05-29T15:52:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:52:47","slug":"uk-top-8-fastest-major-home-broadband-isps-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/06\/uk-top-8-fastest-major-home-broadband-isps-may-2014.html","title":{"rendered":"The UK Top 8 Fastest Major Home Broadband ISPs for May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

The average fixed line home broadband download speed for the largest eight ISPs in the United Kingdom held stable at 21.7Mbps (up from 21.32Mbps in April 2014) and Internet uploads were similarly unchanged at 5.04Mbps. As usual Virgin Media<\/a> and BT<\/a> remain the fastest national providers. A new chart that tracks the monthly changes has also been added.<\/p>\n

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The following summary is based on data gathered using Ookla\u2019s<\/a> universal Speedtest.net service and we then calculate the overall average speeds from only the major national UK ISPs listed below rather than Ookla\u2019s overall total (i.e. Ookla’s overall figures would be too skewed by business ISPs, niche providers and mobile operators).<\/p>\n

Generally speaking May has been a fairly quiet month with no major changes to report; although Zen Internet<\/a> has snuck into the top 3 after just about managing to unseat PlusNet<\/a>. Otherwise Virgin continues to be the fastest national broadband ISP for download speeds on 49.36Mbps<\/strong>, with BT<\/a> coming a distant second at 25.52Mbps<\/strong> (largely due to the high number of slower ADSL2+ users).<\/p>\n

Top 8 Big UK ISPs \u2013 Average Download Speed (Megabits per second)<\/strong><\/span>
\n1. Virgin Media<\/a> \u2013 49.26Mbps
\n2. BT<\/a> \u2013 25.52Mbps
\n3. Zen Internet<\/a> \u2013 22.58Mbps
\n4. PlusNet<\/a> \u2013 21.30Mbps
\n5. Eclipse Internet \u2013 14.99Mbps
\n6. Sky Broadband<\/a> \u2013 13.46Mbps
\n7. TalkTalk<\/a> \u2013 13.44Mbps
\n8. EE<\/a> \u2013 13.05Mbps<\/p>\n

Top 8 Big UK ISPs \u2013 Average Upload Speed<\/strong><\/span>
\n1. BT \u2013 7.58Mbps
\n2. Zen Internet<\/a> \u2013 6.80Mbps
\n3. PlusNet<\/a> \u2013 6.50Mbps
\n4. Virgin Media<\/a> \u2013 5.56Mbps
\n5. Eclipse Internet \u2013 4.30Mbps
\n6. Sky Broadband<\/a> \u2013 3.97Mbps
\n7. EE<\/a> (Orange) \u2013 3.19Mbps
\n8. TalkTalk<\/a> \u2013 2.44Mbps<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some readers have also requested that ISPreview.co.uk keep track of individual ISP performance and in response we’ve included a semi-interactive chart at the bottom that will be used to keep tabs on the listed ISPs, albeit only in terms of downstream performance (uploads change at a far slower rate).<\/p>\n

At this stage we’ve only been doing it since March 2014 and so you won’t notice much movement, although the start of Virgin Media’s latest double speed upgrade<\/strong> is clearly evident. Take note that the chart will only display if your web browser has enabled JavaScript<\/strong> (most do this by default) and mobile browsers may also need to use ‘Desktop’ mode to see it.<\/p>\n