Average broadband speed’s stall – broadband.co.uk March 2010 speedtest results.
Research by analysts at broadband.co.uk have shown that average broadband have stalled at an average of 4.527Mbps during March 2010, down by 0.132Mbps from the previous months.
“After some great overall results in February it’s slightly disappointing to see the progress stall in March ” Says Edd Dawson , Editor of broadband.co.uk.
The results are based on data collated every time the hundreds of thousands of ordinary broadband users performed a broadband speed test on the broadband.co.uk site during March.
Virgin Media still leads all the speedtest tables with an overall average over 8Mbps, though they did not extend their lead during March. O2 and Be still lead the chasing pack at 5.355Mbps, of the remaining suppliers we are still waiting for the next one to break the 4Mbps barrier.
“It’s clear that despite the flurry of publicity about BT’s new Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) network starting to roll out at the start of the year the number of households actually taking advantage is negligible at this point.” Dawson continued.
March 2010 average speedtest results
1. Virgin Media – 8.192 Mbps
2. BE/O2 – 5.355 Mbps
3. Sky – 3.829 Mbps
4. TalkTalk – 3.535 Mbps
5. Orange – 3.443 Mbps
6. BT – 3.258 Mbps
7. TalkTalk/Tiscali combined – 3.206 Mbps
8. Eclipse – 3.152 Mbps
9. Plusnet – 2.817 Mbps
10. Tiscali – 2.503 Mbps
11. AOL – 2.372 Mbps
All providers average – 4.527 Mbps
For full details including speed test results for individual suppliers please see the full results pdf.
For historical data please see our broadband speed test archive.
NOTES FOR EDITORS:
About the broadband.co.uk speedtest results:
* Our results are taken from our website users performing speedtests using our speedchecker at http://www.broadband.co.uk/broadband-speed-test/
* We record tens of thousands of speedtests every month.
* Unlike other speedtest services we record the Internet Service Provider (ISP)
by IP address making our ISP recording very accurate rather than relying on self selection
About broadband.co.uk:
* We are one of the original broadband information and comparison sites having been running since 2004
* With well over 1 million visitors per year we are the UK’s leading source of broadband information and advice
* We provide beginners guides, discussion forums, speedtester and broadband postcode search
* We provide a unique free “Ask the expert” service where our broadband expert answers any broadband related questions.
For more information contact Fiona Conner , 0115 959 6460, email
press@broadband.co.uk – Edd Dawson 06-04-2010
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