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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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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.

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 Results - UK Home Broadband ISPs
These results only include the largest independent UK 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 (Median)

No. Operator H2 - 2024 (Top 10%) H1 - 2024 (Top 10%) Change %
1. Virgin Media 243.3Mbps (720Mbps) 214.7Mbps (675.4Mbps) 13.32%
2. Zen Internet 74.3Mbps (583Mbps) 74.3Mbps (607.1Mbps) 0%
3. Vodafone 70.6Mbps (499.8Mbps) 67.6Mbps (545.2Mbps) 4.44%
4. BT 59.3Mbps (370.8Mbps) 53.1Mbps (313Mbps) 11.68%
5. Sky Broadband 45.4Mbps (121.9Mbps) 43.4Mbps (142.6Mbps) 4.61%
6. TalkTalk 42.1Mbps (149.3Mbps) 37.7Mbps (114.2Mbps) 11.67%
7. Plusnet 41.7Mbps (151Mbps) 44Mbps (147.7Mbps) -5.23%
8. EE 35.8Mbps (151.3Mbps) 32.8Mbps (103.8Mbps) 9.15%

Average Upload Speeds (Median)

No. Operator H2 - 2024 H1 - 2024 Change %
1. Virgin Media 31.2Mbps 26.3Mbps 18.63%
2. Zen Internet 19.9Mbps 19.2Mbps 3.65%
3. Vodafone 18.1Mbps 17.9Mbps 1.12%
4. BT 16.8Mbps 15.8Mbps 6.33%
5. Sky Broadband 12.9Mbps 12.3Mbps 4.88%
6. TalkTalk 10.8Mbps 9.1Mbps 18.68%
7. Plusnet 9.2Mbps 10.3Mbps -10.68%
8. EE 8.2Mbps 7.3Mbps 12.33%

Overall, the average download speed of the top national providers was 76.56Mbps (up from 70.95Mbps) and the average upload speed hit 15.88Mbps (up from 14.77Mbps).

 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 Top 10% - H2 2024 Top 10% - H1 2024
Community Fibre 924.3Mbps 885.1Mbps
YouFibre (Netomnia) 894.6Mbps 929.6Mbps
Trooli 822.3Mbps 813.9Mbps
toob 705.4Mbps 921Mbps
Zzoomm 692.5Mbps 1051.9Mbps
Hey! Broadband (F&W) 676Mbps 782.4Mbps
Fibrus 657.9Mbps 382.4Mbps
Giganet 633.3Mbps 768.2Mbps
Brsk 555.6Mbps 721.2Mbps
Hyperoptic 545.2Mbps 519.4Mbps
Voneus 534.4Mbps 293.1Mbps
Gigaclear 509Mbps 744.4Mbps
Airband 464.4Mbps 102.7Mbps
Grain Connect 356.9Mbps 406.4Mbps
KCOM 298.6Mbps 301.6Mbps

 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 H2 2024 (Top 10%) H1 2024 (Top 10%) Change
1. Three UK 38.1Mbps (264.4Mbps) 35.4Mbps (220.1Mbps) 7.63%
3. EE 30.8Mbps (106.1Mbps) 28.3Mbps (99.4Mbps) 8.83%
2. Vodafone 27.7Mbps (216.3Mbps) 24Mbps (161.3Mbps) 15.42%
4. O2 15.8Mbps (80.7Mbps) 14.2Mbps (71.1Mbps) 11.27%

Average Upload Speeds

No. Operator H2 2024 (Top 10%) H1 2024 (Top 10%) Change
1. EE 7.2Mbps (32.9Mbps) 6.2Mbps (22.5Mbps) 16.13%
2. Three UK 6.6Mbps (49.1Mbps) 6.1Mbps (35.5Mbps) 8.2%
3. Vodafone 4.4Mbps (16.3Mbps) 5.7Mbps (21.7Mbps) -22.81%
4. O2 2.5Mbps (19.5Mbps) 3.1Mbps (15.5Mbps) -19.35%

Overall, the average download speed of the four primary mobile operators was 28.1Mbps (up from 25.47Mbps in H1 2024) and the average upload speed hit 5.17Mbps (down from 5.27Mbps).

Disclaimer: Please take average (median) 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.
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