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UK home broadband speeds continue to increase

March 17, 2023 12.28 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Data from Ofcom shows the average download speed for home broadband connections in the UK has increased by 10%.

The communications regulator compiles its research based on data from volunteers who connect a monitoring unit to their broadband router; and data supplied directly by broadband providers.

As of September 2022, the average download speed for home broadband connections in the UK was 65.3 Mbit/s, an increase of 10% compared to March 2022. This was largely due to people upgrading to faster services.

Less than 3% of households had average download speeds of less than 10 Mbit/s, with cable connections offering the highest average download speed.

The proportion of homes with broadband connections that use a superfast package (defined as having an advertised download speed of 30 Mbit/s or higher) was 93%. And 10% use ultrafast packages with advertised speeds of 300 Mbit/s or higher.

Prime time is between 20.00 and 22.00 when the average download speed 5% lower.

Of the home broadband packages surveyed by Ofcom, Virgin Media’s 1.1 Gbit/s service had the fastest average download speed at 1,139 Mbit/s, and it also had the joint-fastest average upload speed, with BT’s 300 Mbit/s service, at around 51Mbit/s.

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Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Fibre, Newsline Edited: 20 March 2023 12:56

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About Julian Clover

Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He works in online and printed media. Julian is also a voice on local radio. You can talk to Julian on Twitter @julianclover, on Facebook or by email at jclover@broadbandtvnews.com.

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