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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.

In addition, the top 10% result 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	2019 H1 (Top 10%)	2018 H2 (Top 10%)	2018 H1 (Top 10%)
1.	Virgin Media	75.7Mbps (162Mbps)	69.4Mbps (142.2Mbps)	65.3Mbps (128.4Mbps)
2.	AAISP	50.4Mbps (109.4Mbps)	55.1Mbps (74.3Mbps)	56.5Mbps (74.6Mbps)
3.	Zen Internet	42.9Mbps (74.2Mbps)	39.7Mbps (73.4Mbps)	36.9Mbps (73.4Mbps)
4.	iDNET	36.9Mbps (70.5Mbps)	36.5Mbps (70.8Mbps)	37.3Mbps (71.1Mbps)
5.	Vodafone	33.2Mbps (59.9Mbps)	31.5Mbps (58.6Mbps)	29.6Mbps (54.8Mbps)
6.	BT	33.1Mbps (65.2Mbps)	31.1Mbps (63Mbps)	29.5Mbps (62.7Mbps)
7.	EE	24.4Mbps (50.8Mbps)	22.6Mbps (46Mbps)	19.7Mbps (39.3Mbps)
8.	Plusnet	24.3Mbps (50.4Mbps)	23.8Mbps (50.5Mbps)	23.6Mbps (51.5Mbps)
9.	Sky Broadband	23.9Mbps (50.5Mbps)	20.3Mbps (37.1Mbps)	16.8Mbps (34.8Mbps)
10.	TalkTalk	22.6Mbps (43.1Mbps)	19.9Mbps (37.8Mbps)	17.7Mbps (37.3Mbps)

Average Upload Speeds (Mean)

No.	Operator	2019 H1	2018 H2	2018 H1
1.	AAISP	14.6Mbps	17.8Mbps	16.7Mbps
2.	Zen Internet	10.7Mbps	11Mbps	9.6Mbps
3.	Virgin Media	9.3Mbps	8Mbps	9.3Mbps
4.	Vodafone	9.2Mbps	7.9Mbps	7.3Mbps
5.	iDNET	8.6Mbps	8.4Mbps	11.1Mbps
6.	BT	8.1Mbps	7.2Mbps	6.9Mbps
7.	Sky Broadband	6Mbps	4.6Mbps	3.7Mbps
8.	EE	5.9Mbps	5.3Mbps	4.5Mbps
9.	Plusnet	5.5Mbps	5.2Mbps	5.2Mbps
10.	TalkTalk	5.3Mbps	4.5Mbps	3.9Mbps

The average download speed of the top ten national providers was 36.74Mbps (up from 34.99Mbps at the end of 2018) and the average upload speed hit 8.32Mbps (up from 7.99Mbps).

Results - UK Alternative Network ISPs

These results cover alternative network providers, such as those 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 are "full fibre" (FTTP) ISPs and can deliver significantly faster speeds than the major national providers.

Average Download (DL) and Upload (UL) Speeds

ISP	DL 2019 H1	UP 2019 H1	Top 10% DL 2019 H1
Community Fibre (FTTP)	242.1Mbps	30.5Mbps	241.5Mbps
Vodafone Gigafast (FTTP Only)	163.7Mbps	95.8Mbps	378.8Mbps
Truespeed (FTTP)	156.2Mbps	136.4Mbps	346.2Mbps
Wessex Internet (FTTP, Wireless)	128.8Mbps	42.4Mbps	311.2Mbps
Hyperoptic (FTTP)	120.5Mbps	90.8Mbps	310.9Mbps
KCOM (FTTP Only)	117.6Mbps	33.7Mbps	246.6Mbps
KCOM (FTTP, FTTC, ADSL)	105Mbps	30.5Mbps	241.5Mbps
Gigaclear (FTTP)	89.6Mbps	69.4Mbps	249.3Mbps
B4RN (FTTP)	25.4Mbps	42.6Mbps	84.4Mbps

Results - UK Mobile Broadband Operators

These results reflect the four primary Mobile Broadband (3G and 4G) 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 Download Speeds

No.	Operator	2019 H1 (Top 10%)	2018 H2 (Top 10%)	2018 H1
1.	EE	31.5Mbps (68.7Mbps)	30.1Mbps (63.8Mbps)	27.5Mbps
2.	Vodafone	23.2Mbps (50.9Mbps)	23.2Mbps (56.2Mbps)	18.4Mbps
3.	Three UK	17.9Mbps (41.6Mbps)	17.7Mbps (41.1Mbps)	15Mbps
4.	O2	17.2Mbps (38.3Mbps)	14.6Mbps (33.1Mbps)	14.6Mbps

Average Upload Speeds

No.	Operator	2019 H1 (Top 10%)	2018 H2 (Top 10%)	2018 H1
1.	EE	5.9Mbps (16.6Mbps)	5.3Mbps (14.7Mbps)	6.8Mbps
2.	Vodafone	5.8Mbps (14.9Mbps)	5.3Mbps (14Mbps)	4.9Mbps
3.	Three UK	5.3Mbps (14.4Mbps)	4.6Mbps (12.8Mbps)	4.4Mbps
4.	O2	5.1Mbps (13.9Mbps)	4.2Mbps (10.9Mbps)	4Mbps

Overall the average download speed of the four primary mobile operators was 22.45Mbps (up from 21.4Mbps at the end of 2018) and the average upload speed hit 5.53Mbps (up from 4.85Mbps).

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.