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Fastest Average Download Speeds (2mb packages) |
Ranking |
Provider |
Avg. Download Speed |
% of Expected Speed |
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Virgin Media (Cable) |
2.24mb |
112.00% |
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TalkTalk |
2.22mb |
111.00% |
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UK Online |
2.08mb |
104.00% |
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BT |
1.92mb |
96.00% |
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Sky |
1.92mb |
96.00% |
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Demon |
1.67mb |
83.50% |
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AOL |
1.66mb |
83.00% |
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Orange (Home) |
1.66mb |
83.00% |
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Virgin Media (ADSL) |
1.66mb |
83.00% |
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PlusNet |
1.59mb |
79.50% |
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Toucan |
1.47mb |
73.50% |
12 |
Pipex |
1.40mb |
70.00% |
13 |
Tiscali |
1.37mb |
68.50% |
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Overall Average |
1.76mb |
87.92% |
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* Based on 5,641 speed tests carried out on www.broadband-expert.co.uk during Feb & Mar '08 |
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Fastest Average Download Speeds (8mb packages) |
Ranking |
Provider |
Avg. Download Speed |
% of Expected Speed |
1 |
O2 |
5.82mb |
72.75% |
2 |
Be |
5.41mb |
67.62% |
3 |
UK Online |
4.25mb |
53.12% |
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Madasafish |
4.14mb |
51.75% |
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Sky |
3.88mb |
48.50% |
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BT |
3.40mb |
42.50% |
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TalkTalk |
3.30mb |
41.25% |
8 |
PlusNet |
3.26mb |
40.75% |
9 |
Orange (Home) |
3.20mb |
40.00% |
10 |
AOL |
2.94mb |
36.75% |
11 |
Pipex |
2.91mb |
36.38% |
12 |
Demon |
2.90mb |
36.25% |
13 |
Tiscali |
2.45mb |
30.63% |
14 |
Eclipse |
2.35mb |
29.38% |
15 |
Virgin Media (ADSL) |
2.33mb |
29.12% |
16 |
Toucan |
2.05mb |
25.62% |
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Overall Average |
3.41mb |
42.65% |
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* Based on 18,348 speed tests carried out on www.broadband-expert.co.uk during Feb & Mar '08 |
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Fastest Average Download Speeds (16mb+ packages) |
Ranking |
Provider |
Avg. Download Speed |
% of Expected Speed |
1 |
Virgin Media (Cable) |
10.39mb |
51.95% |
2 |
UK Online |
9.99mb |
62.44% |
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Be |
8.53mb |
35.54% |
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O2 |
8.43mb |
47.65% |
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Sky |
5.88mb |
36.75% |
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Overall Average |
8.64mb |
46.87% |
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* Based on 4,885 speed tests carried out on www.broadband-expert.co.uk during Feb & Mar '08 |
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