Comparison site Broadband.co.uk has released its latest anecdotal monthly consumer broadband ISP speed testing results for the past month of March 2011, which saw the average UK internet download speed jump once again from 6.755Mbps in February 2011 to 7.088Mbps now. The average upload speed has also increased from 0.788Mbps to an impressive 0.828Mbps over the same period.

As usual Virgin Media remains top for both download (13.481Mbps) and upload (1.351Mbps) performance, which is thanks in no small part to the strong coverage and uptake of its increasingly fast cable ( Cable Modem / EuroDOCSIS3 ) network. However, most of the improvement this month has come from BT and Eclipse Internet UK.

Top UK ISPs for Download Speed
1. Virgin Media – 13.481Mbps
2. Eclipse Internet – 6.840Mbps
3. O2 ( Be Broadband ) – 5.622Mbps
4. BT – 5.211Mbps
5. TalkTalk (Tiscali) – 4.396Mbps
6. Sky Broadband – 4.170Mbps
7. PlusNet – 3.653Mbps
8. Orange – 3.327Mbps
9. AOL – 3.019Mbps

Top UK ISPs for Upload Speed
1. Virgin Media - 1.351Mbps
2. BT - 0.810Mbps
3. O2 ( Be Broadband ) - 0.757Mbps
4. Eclipse Internet - 0.718Mbps
5. Sky Broadband - 0.517Mbps
6. TalkTalk ( Tiscali ) - 0.492Mbps
7. AOL - 0.422Mbps
8. Orange - 0.416Mbps
9. PlusNet - 0.404Mbps

Both Eclipse Internet and BT have shown significant gains in both download and upload speed, with BT in particular boosting its upload performance from 0.681Mbps last month to an impressive 0.810Mbps now.