Epitiro has today released its latest half yearly (Q3 + Q4 2007) Internet Performance Indicator (IPI) report, which measures technical broadband ADSL performance from the eleven largest UK ADSL ISP's (cable not included).

For the first time O2 (Be) has entered the top five consumer ADSL broadband providers in the UK. They ranked third in terms of technical performance over the second half of 2007, just behind Plusnet.

BT sustained their position at the top of the table, as they have all year. Tiscali and Orange complete the top five:


Sadly Epitiro’s report doesn't monitor all UK ISP's and as a result its findings are of limited use. Never the less it is interesting to see how the big boys perform, at least in respect to their networks:


Epitiro notes that a key factor of O2’s success in the second half of 2007 was its Non-Cached HTTP download speed, which is believed to be a better reflection of general web speed. O2 also came first in ping performance (server response time), which can be an especially important factor for gamers.