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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	H1 - 2023 (Top 10%)	H2 - 2022 (Top 10%)	Change %
1.	AAISP (Andrews & Arnold)	276Mbps (896.7Mbps)	166.4Mbps (470Mbps)	65.87%
2.	Virgin Media	252.5Mbps (567.4Mbps)	204.1Mbps (468.3Mbps)	23.71%
3.	iDNET	182.6Mbps (502.2Mbps)	153Mbps (486.7Mbps)	19.35%
4.	Zen Internet	142.1Mbps (370Mbps)	113.6Mbps (308.7Mbps)	25.09%
5.	Vodafone	99.2Mbps (233.4Mbps)	78.7Mbps (146Mbps)	26.05%
6.	BT	97.4Mbps (253.3Mbps)	78.3Mbps (149.4Mbps)	24.39%
7.	TalkTalk	60.2Mbps (93.9Mbps)	51.4Mbps (75.4Mbps)	17.12%
8.	Plusnet	57.8Mbps (81.3Mbps)	39.2Mbps (70.2Mbps)	47.45%
9.	EE	55.5Mbps (89.4Mbps)	53.6Mbps (74.8Mbps)	3.54%
10.	Sky Broadband	54.8Mbps (96.2Mbps)	50.1Mbps (74.8Mbps)	9.38%

Average Upload Speeds (Mean)

No.	Operator	H1 - 2023	H2 - 2022	Change %
1.	AAISP (Andrews & Arnold)	91.9Mbps	26.8Mbps	242.91%
2.	iDNET	84Mbps	62Mbps	35.48%
3.	Zen Internet	46Mbps	41.4Mbps	11.11%
4.	Vodafone	35.6Mbps	30.7Mbps	15.96%
5.	Virgin Media	29.1Mbps	22.7Mbps	28.19%
6.	BT	20.6Mbps	18.1Mbps	13.81%
7.	TalkTalk	19.2Mbps	12.4Mbps	54.84%
8.	Sky Broadband	13.5Mbps	12.1Mbps	11.57%
9.	EE	12.9Mbps	13.8Mbps	-6.52%
10.	Plusnet	12.8Mbps	9.1Mbps	40.66%

Overall, the average download speed of the top national providers was 127.81Mbps (up from 98.84Mbps six months ago) and the average upload speed hit 36.56Mbps (up from 24.91Mbps).

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% - H1 2023	Top 10% - H2 2022
Zzoomm	1.25Gbps	no data
YouFibre (Netomnia)	899.7Mbps	no data
toob	853.6Mbps	843.9Mbps
Giganet	850.7Mbps	no data
Hey! Broadband	832.3Mbps	no data
Community Fibre	822.8Mbps	771.1Mbps
LightSpeed Broadband	768.6Mbps	733.8Mbps
Seethelight (OFNL)	776.9Mbps	644.1Mbps
Lila Connect (VX FIBER)	772.9Mbps	665.5Mbps
Hyperoptic	739.4Mbps	691.5Mbps
Brsk	531.7Mbps	no data
Gigaclear	511.3Mbps	386.1Mbps
Swish Fibre	490Mbps	509.3Mbps
Jurassic Fibre	450.2Mbps	404.5Mbps
Wessex Internet	427.4Mbps	266.5Mbps
KCOM	407.5Mbps	401.1Mbps
Trooli	322.2Mbps	no data
Fibrus	263.2Mbps	395.7Mbps
Grain Connect	231.3Mbps	no data

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	H1 - 2023 (Top 10%)	H2 - 2022 (Top 10%)	Change
1.	Three UK	94.8Mbps (259.8Mbps)	70.9Mbps (208.8Mbps)	33.71%
2.	EE	39Mbps (70.2Mbps)	44.4Mbps (91.8Mbps)	-12.16%
3.	Vodafone	33.2Mbps (81.5Mbps)	25.8Mbps (60.7Mbps)	28.68%
4.	O2	22.5Mbps (52.1Mbps)	24.8Mbps (60.1Mbps)	-9.27%

Average Upload Speeds

No.	Operator	H1 - 2023 (Top 10%)	H2 - 2022 (Top 10%)	Change
1.	Three UK	14Mbps (42.7Mbps)	10.2Mbps (23.4Mbps)	37.25%
2.	EE	10Mbps (19.8Mbps)	9.6Mbps (19.7Mbps)	4.17%
3.	Vodafone	7.5Mbps (15.4Mbps)	5.8Mbps (15.1Mbps)	29.31%
4.	O2	4.9Mbps (15.1Mbps)	4.6Mbps (12.9Mbps)	6.52%

Overall, the average download speed of the four primary mobile operators was 47.37Mbps (up from 41.47Mbps six months ago) and the average upload speed hit 9.1Mbps (up from 7.55Mbps).

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.

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