Comparison site Broadband.co.uk has released its latest anecdotal monthly broadband speed testing results for December 2008, which show that Virgin Media has continued to hold its top position with an average download of 6.073Mbps (6.311Mbps in November).

However O2 (Be Broadband) still holds a commanding lead for upstream performance with speeds of up to 0.749Mbps (0.729Mbps in November). O2 (Be Broadband) were also a close second behind Virgin Media for download performance with 5.905Mbps. We've reorganised the results into a Top 10 below:


The average download speed of all UK tests combined increased for the first time since July 2008, up by 14.02% to 3.667Mbps and reversing a previous trend of monthly drops. It's not known why Orange is absent from December's list, no explanation has been given.