The latest anecdotal monthly consumer broadband ISP speed testing results from Broadband.co.uk, which covers the past month of November 2011, show a rise in the national average UK internet download speed from 7.484Mbps in October to 7.935Mbps now (still below July 2011's record 8.313Mbps). Meanwhile the average upload speed remained fairly stable at 1.261Mbps.

Cable operator Virgin Media continues to be the fastest overall ISP with an impressive average download rate of 14.302Mbps (down from 15.180Mbps in October). It also continues to hold the top spot for upload speeds at a stable 2.449Mbps, although Eclipse Internet is beginning to threaten both positions.

Top 9 UK ISPs for Download Speed
1. Virgin Media – 14.302Mbps
2. Eclipse Internet – 10.592Mbps
3. BT – 8.116Mbps
4. O2 ( Be Broadband ) – 5.490Mbps
5. TalkTalk (Tiscali) – 5.315Mbps
6. Sky Broadband – 4.663Mbps
7. Orange – 3.993Mbps
8. PlusNet – 3.933Mbps
9. AOL – 3.772Mbps

Top 9 UK ISPs for Upload Speed
1. Virgin Media - 2.449Mbps
2. Eclipse Internet - 1.675Mbps
3. BT - 1.435Mbps
4. O2 ( Be Broadband ) - 0.842Mbps
5. Orange - 0.633Mbps
6. TalkTalk (Tiscali) - 0.611Mbps
7. Sky Broadband - 0.587Mbps
8. PlusNet - 0.449Mbps
9. AOL - 0.430Mbps

Overall BT , Eclipse Internet and PlusNet have shown big improvements since last month, with all gaining roughly a Mb in download speed thanks to their new generation of superfast broadband packages.

By contrast TalkTalk has only seen a small improvement, despite offering similar services, and AOL fell right back to its previous home at the bottom.