Virgin Media tops speed list

The latest broadband speeds have been released by broadband.co.uk for the month of November, and once again it is Virgin Media at the top of the average download speed chart, with an average figure of 6.311 Mbps (in October the figure was 5.77 Mbps).

However, when it comes to upstream speeds it is O2 who came out on top, with an average speed of 0.729 Mbps (October’s figure was 0.773 Mbps).

The overall average download speed for the UK stands at 3.216 Mbps.

The Top Ten ISPs for Download Speeds are:

Virgin Media – 6.311Mbps
O2 (Be Broadband) – 5.216Mbps
Sky Broadband – 3.059Mbps
TalkTalk – 2.609Mbps
Eclipse Internet – 2.589Mbps
BT – 2.238Mbps
Tiscali – 2.221Mbps
PlusNet – 2.134Mbps
AOL – 1.961Mbps
Orange – 1.152Mbps

Top Ten ISPs for Upload Speeds are:

O2 (Be Broadband) – 0.729Mbps
Virgin Media – 0.475Mbps
TalkTalk – 0.393Mbps
Eclipse Internet – 0.391Mbps
Sky Broadband – 0.385Mbps
BT – 0.327Mbps
PlusNet – 0.330Mbps
Tiscali – 0.340Mbps
AOL – 0.286Mbps
Orange – 0.284Mbps