Ofcom reports lopsided wins in the UK broadband speeds
Average download speed of the British housing is increasing, but it can be even faster than many users upgraded at minimal cost, according to Ofcom.
The average broadband speed in November was 7.6 megabits per second, up from 6.8Mbps in May, says regulator.
Upgrades are offered by Virgin Media and BT helped increase the number.
Ofcom says that many of the 42% of homes that subscribe to speeds of 10 Mbps or less would benefit from switching provider on Deal or little or no cost.
22% of headline speed bump is a remarkable improvement, according to price comparison broadbandchoices.co.uk.
"In fact it saves the average increase of 1.4Mbits about 6 minutes to download a 2 hour movie," says Michael Phillips, product director of the company.
"It does not sound like much, but faster connections to improve your overall web browsing experience and is definitely worth investing, for example, if more than one person shares in the fabric of a household."
Ofcom noted that the price difference between many of the super-fast service and the current generation compounds were "relatively small".
Plusnet customers say could double their promised speeds "to" 40 Mbps by replacing a service with the company, which costs £ 5 more per month.
TalkTalk said customers could win a comparable advantage of paying their ISP an extra € 10 per month, while the GT offers gave a similar speed bump at no extra cost.
Trade Restrictions
The figures are contained in the sixth study Ofcom's residential fixed line broadband services.
It is the first report since Internet service providers were told that they would only be able to claim a maximum speed if it was available for 10% of their customers.
The new rules come into force in April. Use as a guide Ofcom gave a breakdown of the figures says:
6 Mbps, the average rate for services advertised as "up to" 8 Mbps
14 Mbps, the average speed for connections advertised as "up" 20/24Mbps
The supervisor said that the speed upgrades offered by Virgin Media and BT accounts for the largest share of profit in the period.
Virgin Media "to" 50 Mbps cable agreement was questioned provides the fastest average download speeds of nearly 49Mbps. The company's 100Mbps service was not included in the study.
BT's rollout of FTTC (fiber to the cabinet) technology helped boost her stats. The move is running fiber from the exchanges to street cabinets, which are then combined with home via ordinary telephone lines.
As the units are closer to home than most trade shows, users enjoy faster speeds.
This has led to the creation of the Infinity company to offer that promises "to" 40 Mbps. The service had an average speed of 36Mbps offering.
"Disappointing"
The study says that other ISPs do not change significantly "over six months.
Orange "to" 20Mbps ADSL service was the worst of the maximum speed has been studied. It turned out that the average download speed of 7.2 Mbps to offer.
The company said it believed that the next report will show an improvement.
"It is disappointing that the results of this study to see if it was not unexpected, as happened last year when we move a large number of our customers to our new broadband network," a statement said.
"Since that time we have completed migration and the vast majority of our customers have experienced a significant improvement in download speeds they receive."
The news thinkbroadband.com said that research also needs to invest in out-of-town selected compounds.
"The country has an average of 3.3Mbps to 8.8Mbps versus city," the company said editor Andrew Ferguson.
Ofcom says it plans to publish the next report in July, using data from trials in May
Upgrades are offered by Virgin Media and BT helped increase the number.
Ofcom says that many of the 42% of homes that subscribe to speeds of 10 Mbps or less would benefit from switching provider on Deal or little or no cost.
22% of headline speed bump is a remarkable improvement, according to price comparison broadbandchoices.co.uk.
"In fact it saves the average increase of 1.4Mbits about 6 minutes to download a 2 hour movie," says Michael Phillips, product director of the company.
"It does not sound like much, but faster connections to improve your overall web browsing experience and is definitely worth investing, for example, if more than one person shares in the fabric of a household."
Ofcom noted that the price difference between many of the super-fast service and the current generation compounds were "relatively small".
Plusnet customers say could double their promised speeds "to" 40 Mbps by replacing a service with the company, which costs £ 5 more per month.
TalkTalk said customers could win a comparable advantage of paying their ISP an extra € 10 per month, while the GT offers gave a similar speed bump at no extra cost.
Trade Restrictions
The figures are contained in the sixth study Ofcom's residential fixed line broadband services.
It is the first report since Internet service providers were told that they would only be able to claim a maximum speed if it was available for 10% of their customers.
The new rules come into force in April. Use as a guide Ofcom gave a breakdown of the figures says:
6 Mbps, the average rate for services advertised as "up to" 8 Mbps
14 Mbps, the average speed for connections advertised as "up" 20/24Mbps
The supervisor said that the speed upgrades offered by Virgin Media and BT accounts for the largest share of profit in the period.
Virgin Media "to" 50 Mbps cable agreement was questioned provides the fastest average download speeds of nearly 49Mbps. The company's 100Mbps service was not included in the study.
BT's rollout of FTTC (fiber to the cabinet) technology helped boost her stats. The move is running fiber from the exchanges to street cabinets, which are then combined with home via ordinary telephone lines.
As the units are closer to home than most trade shows, users enjoy faster speeds.
This has led to the creation of the Infinity company to offer that promises "to" 40 Mbps. The service had an average speed of 36Mbps offering.
"Disappointing"The study says that other ISPs do not change significantly "over six months.
Orange "to" 20Mbps ADSL service was the worst of the maximum speed has been studied. It turned out that the average download speed of 7.2 Mbps to offer.
The company said it believed that the next report will show an improvement.
"It is disappointing that the results of this study to see if it was not unexpected, as happened last year when we move a large number of our customers to our new broadband network," a statement said.
"Since that time we have completed migration and the vast majority of our customers have experienced a significant improvement in download speeds they receive."
The news thinkbroadband.com said that research also needs to invest in out-of-town selected compounds.
"The country has an average of 3.3Mbps to 8.8Mbps versus city," the company said editor Andrew Ferguson.
Ofcom says it plans to publish the next report in July, using data from trials in May
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