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This test examines the latency (milliseconds), download and upload speed of your broadband connection in Megabits per second (estimated). Please try our Availability Checker to see which major networks are available in your area.

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Results - UK Home Broadband ISPs
Results - UK Alternative Network ISPs
Results - UK Mobile Broadband Operators

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Please take note that this test can cope with both current and next generation Gigabit broadband speeds (up to around 1,000Mbps), although the dynamic nature of Internet connectivity means that the results may not always be 100% accurate. Tests conducted via WiFi may also produce a slower result, especially if others are using your network.

Results - UK Home Broadband ISPs

These results only include independent ISPs with a wide national availability, which is primarily because smaller and often faster altnet providers (Gigaclear, B4RN, Hyperoptic etc.) aren't yet available to the majority of people and others didn't produce enough test data to be included.

NOTE: The top 10% result below represents the speeds experienced by the fastest 10% of customers at each ISP (usually those with the best connections / fastest packages).

Average Download Speeds (Mean)

No.	Operator	2022 H1 (Top 10%)	2021 H2 (Top 10%)	Change %
1.	Virgin Media	185.4Mbps (422.6Mbps)	153.5Mbps (371Mbps)	20.78%
2.	iDNET	140.7Mbps (427.6Mbps)	83.9Mbps (90.7Mbps)	67.7%
3.	Zen Internet	129.4Mbps (436.8Mbps)	91.3Mbps (228.3Mbps)	41.73%
4.	AAISP	104.7Mbps (167.4Mbps)	52.9Mbps (73.8Mbps)	97.92%
5.	BT	81.3Mbps (154.5Mbps)	61.4Mbps (117.2Mbps)	32.41%
6.	Vodafone	77.9Mbps (120.1Mbps)	51.7Mbps (73.8Mbps)	50.68%
7.	TalkTalk	49.8Mbps (75.2Mbps)	37.4Mbps (69.8Mbps)	33.16%
8.	EE	47.7Mbps (73.6Mbps)	34Mbps (65.7Mbps)	40.29%
9.	Sky Broadband	47.3Mbps (74.3Mbps)	37.9Mbps (69Mbps)	24.8%
10.	Plusnet	33.9Mbps (66.8Mbps)	29.1Mbps (60.2Mbps)	16.49%

Average Upload Speeds (Mean)

No.	Operator	2022 H1	2021 H2	Change %
1.	iDNET	45.3Mbps	16.5Mbps	174.55%
2.	Zen Internet	34.4Mbps	25.5Mbps	34.9%
3.	Vodafone	30.9Mbps	16.2Mbps	90.74%
4.	AAISP	21.5Mbps	14.1Mbps	52.48%
5.	Virgin Media	21.4Mbps	18.4Mbps	16.3%
6.	BT	17.9Mbps	14.2Mbps	26.06%
7.	TalkTalk	12.3Mbps	9.4Mbps	30.85%
8.	Sky Broadband	11.7Mbps	9.8Mbps	19.39%
9.	EE	10.2Mbps	7.8Mbps	30.77%
10.	Plusnet	7.9Mbps	6.9Mbps	14.49%

Overall, the average download speed of the top national providers was 89.81Mbps (up from 63.31Mbps at the end of 2021) and the average upload speed hit 21.35Mbps (up from 13.88Mbps).

Results - UK Alternative Network ISPs

These results cover "full fibre" (FTTP) alternative network (AltNet) providers that have built their own physically separate networks. Most AltNets only have small UK coverage and limited speedtest data, which means that at present we can only summarise a few. The majority of these can deliver significantly faster speeds than the major national ISPs.

As FTTP providers don't suffer from the same performance pitfalls as copper or hybrid fibre ISPs then we've decided to focus our results on only the top 10% of fastest connections, which in most cases will reflect those consumers who take the fastest package tiers available from each provider.

Average Download Speeds of Top 10%

ISP	DL - Top 10% - 2022 H1	DL - Top 10% - 2021 H2
toob	934.5Mbps	863.5Mbps
Community Fibre	693.2Mbps	523.1Mbps
Lila Connect (VX FIBER)	662.6Mbps	no data
Hyperoptic	602.4Mbps	540Mbps
Zzoomm	561.8Mbps	no data
Swish Fibre	471.1Mbps	no data
Jurassic Fibre	418.6Mbps	168.9Mbps
Wessex Internet	374.7Mbps	374.8Mbps
Gigaclear	336.7Mbps	322.7Mbps
Fibrus	293.2Mbps	272.6Mbps
KCOM	290.8Mbps	402.6Mbps

Results - UK Mobile Broadband Operators

These results reflect the four primary Mobile Broadband (4G and 5G) operators. Mobile services are subject to the daily movements and radically different hardware choices (Smartphones etc.) of their end-users, which makes it difficult to establish a reliable picture of performance.

Average Mobile Download Speeds

No.	Operator	2022 H1 (Top 10%)	2021 H2 (Top 10%)	Change
1.	Three UK	74.2Mbps (180.3Mbps)	37.1Mbps (89.5Mbps)	100%
2.	EE	50.2Mbps (100.8Mbps)	34Mbps (65.7Mbps)	47.65%
3.	Vodafone	34.6Mbps (87.5Mbps)	24.6Mbps (59Mbps)	40.65%
4.	O2	20.7Mbps (43.6Mbps)	20Mbps (44.2Mbps)	3.5%

Average Upload Speeds

No.	Operator	2022 H1 (Top 10%)	2021 H2 (Top 10%)	Change
1.	EE	11.3Mbps (21.3Mbps)	7.8Mbps (18Mbps)	44.87%
2.	Three UK	9.9Mbps (25.3Mbps)	7.6Mbps (18.8Mbps)	30.26%
3.	Vodafone	6.8Mbps (15.8Mbps)	5.8Mbps (15.5Mbps)	17.24%
4.	O2	4.6Mbps (12.3Mbps)	4.5Mbps (13Mbps)	2.22%

Overall, the average download speed of the four primary mobile operators was 44.92Mbps (up from 28.92Mbps at the end of 2021) and the average upload speed hit 8.15Mbps (up from 6.42Mbps).

Disclaimer: Please take average (mean) speeds with a big pinch of salt. Every home is different and performance can be affected by all sorts of issues, many of which are beyond the provider's ability to control (e.g. tests conducted via slower smartphone vs faster desktop computers, slow wifi, poor home wiring etc.), thus we do not consider the above data to be a reliable barometer for individual user connectivity, but it can help to highlight general changes in the market.

NOTE: Data for H1 (first half of the year) is collected during the end of May, while data for H2 (second half of the year) is collected during the end of November.