The United Kingdom's average residential fixed broadband speed soared to nearly *** megabits per second (Mbps) in 2023, up from just *** Mbps in 2022. This rapid increase reflects the country's expanding fiber infrastructure, enabling ultra-fast connections in many residential areas. FTTC remains the leading connection type The rollout and adoption of fiber infrastructure has been designated a top priority by the UK government, with fast, reliable broadband considered crucial in realizing digital transformation efforts across the UK’s four nations. The number of fiber- to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband connections in the UK increased to almost *** million percent in 2023, up from just *** million the previous year. FTTP is considered ‘full fiber’ in that fiber optic cable is used for the entire length of the connection. However, most UK connections that year were fiber-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) connections, which rely on existing copper cables to deliver services from cabinets to premises. Shifting consumption prompts surging data traffic The surge in UK fixed download speeds has been met with increasing broadband data use. The average residential broadband connection consumed more than *** gigabytes per month in 2023, up from just ** gigabytes a decade prior. This increase in data traffic reflects the broad adoption of data intensive activities such as ** streaming, online gaming, and cloud storage.

The statistic shows the average residential broadband connection speed in the United Kingdom (UK) from November 2008 to November 2019. The average residential broadband speed reached 64 Mbit/s in 2019, a significant increase from the 22.8 Mbit/s in the United Kingdom in November 2014.

This statistic shows the average internet connection speed in the United Kingdom (UK) between the third quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2017. Within this time period, the average connection speed increased by over 500 percent, with a peak of 16,920 kbps in the first quarter of 2017.

This statistic shows the average connection speed in the United Kingdom (UK) from the first quarter of 2014 to the first quarter of 2017 (in Mbit/s). The connection speed increased from 9.9 Mbit/s to 16.9 Mbit/s throughout this period. Large sums of money are being invested in the development of faster internet services in the UK. Broadband Delivery UK, for example, invested a total of 513.6 million British pounds in December of 2016 alone.

Wireless internet service providers (WISPs) use transmission towers that communicate with each other and with small transceivers installed at customers' locations to provide broadband internet access to underserved areas. The high cost of laying cables to bring fast-speed broadband to sparsely populated areas has led to a digital divide between rural and urban regions, allowing wireless providers to step in with their wider coverage. Over the five years through 2024-25, industry revenue is expected to expand at a compound annual rate of 2.8% to £39.3 million, including forecast growth of 5.4% in 2024-25. Wireless internet provision works through 4G or 5G mobile signal being picked up by a home router, then providing broadband to the premises. Three of the four mobile network operators in the UK have entered the market in recent years, leveraging their current network coverage to provide wireless internet across the country. The rest of the WISPs are privately owned and locally focused, serving communities that had previously been unable to access high-speed broadband due to the lack of cables laid in rural areas. As the internet has become a necessity, the push to satisfy these rural areas has rallied. The expansion of 4G and 5G networks to cover more areas and improvements in speeds and reliability have made wireless broadband an in-demand alternative to wired broadband. 5G networks’ significant speed has attracted customers. Investment into improving networks has weighed on the industry's average profit margin, which sits at 11.6% in 2024-25. Revenue is forecast to swell at a compound annual rate of 6.6% to £54.2 million over the five years through 2029-30. The continued increase in internet traffic volumes, partly due to the proliferation of broadband-enabled devices, will spur growth. In addition to overcoming certain technological hurdles, like the necessity for line-of-sight between subscribers and ground towers, WISPs will capitalise on newly released spectrum bands and improve platforms and equipment. Greater coverage will drive demand from households and businesses. Strong investment in a nationwide gigabit-capable broadband and full-fibre network expansion will intensify competition and put pressure on revenue growth.

Ofcom's annual reports on the UK’s fixed broadband coverage, mobile and wifi network coverage, digital television, digital radio and internet infrastructure. Please see our terms of use for our licence conditions, and please refer to the Ofcom website to see the pdf 'About this data' documents.

High quality, widespread communications, fixed and mobile, are an engine of our economy and the pulse of our society. They are not nice-to-haves, but essential enablers of our working and social lives. As businesses and consumers drive an ever-increasing demand for communications, the infrastructure that serves them must keep pace with their demands and needs.

One of Ofcom’s roles is to make sure that the UK has the communications infrastructure it requires. This means making services available where people live and work; call connections being clear and robust; and data being down- and up-loaded at speeds that deliver a good experience. Ofcom is also responsible for providing clear, accurate, easy-to-use information. This equips businesses and consumers to make informed decisions about the services that can serve them best.

The Connected Nations Report (previously called the Infrastructure Report) charts the UK’s evolving communications infrastructure, and our progress towards becoming genuinely connected nations.

Where we can, we have made the data underlying the 2018 report available for download. Please see our terms of use for our licence conditions. If you have any questions or feedback on the data we have made available, please contact us at open.data@ofcom.org.uk.
The 2019 Media Nations data can be found on the Ofcom website in an interactive format.

Data on the performance of UK residential fixed-line broadband services. These data show the actual broadband speeds received by a sample of consumers who have had speed monitoring equipment installed in their homes. The dataset shows the average performance of ADSL, cable and fibre broadband packages. We present this information at national average level as well as separately by package for the major internet service providers (ISPs). We publish this data to provide consumers and other stakeholders with useful comparative information on the performance of broadband services. This is consistent with Ofcom’s duty to carry out and publish research on the experience of consumers.

Ofcom annual reports on the UK’s fixed broadband, mobile and WiFi networks, digital television, digital radio and internet infrastructure. Ofcom gathers data from the main fixed broadband Internet Service Providers (BT, KCOM, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media) on both their retail services and the services they provide to other ISPs as a wholesale service. More information can be found here. GLA connectivity map showing a summary version of the download speed data is here.

United Kingdom UK: Fixed Broadband Internet Subscribers: per 100 People data was reported at 39.310 Ratio in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 38.289 Ratio for 2016. United Kingdom UK: Fixed Broadband Internet Subscribers: per 100 People data is updated yearly, averaging 28.194 Ratio from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2017, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39.310 Ratio in 2017 and a record low of 0.090 Ratio in 2000. United Kingdom UK: Fixed Broadband Internet Subscribers: per 100 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Telecommunication. Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations.; ; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; Weighted average; Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data.

This is an Australian extract of Speedtest Open data available at Amazon WS (link below - opendata.aws).AWS data licence is "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0", so use of this data must be:- non-commercial (NC)- reuse must be share-alike (SA)(add same licence).This restricts the standard CC-BY Figshare licence.A world speedtest open data was dowloaded (>400Mb, 7M lines of data). An extract of Australia's location (lat, long) revealed 88,000 lines of data (attached as csv).A Jupyter notebook of extract process is attached.See Binder version at Github - https://github.com/areff2000/speedtestAU.+> Install: 173 packages | Downgrade: 1 packages | Total download: 432MBBuild container time: approx - load time 25secs.=> Error: Timesout - BUT UNABLE TO LOAD GLOBAL DATA FILE (6.6M lines).=> Error: Overflows 8GB RAM container provided with global data file (3GB)=> On local JupyterLab M2 MBP; loads in 6 mins.Added Binder from ARDC service: https://binderhub.rc.nectar.org.auDocs: https://ardc.edu.au/resource/fair-for-jupyter-notebooks-a-practical-guide/A link to Twitter thread of outputs provided.A link to Data tutorial provided (GitHub), including Jupyter Notebook to analyse World Speedtest data, selecting one US State.Data Shows: (Q220)- 3.1M speedtests- 762,000 devices- 88,000 grid locations (600m * 600m), summarised as a point- average speed 33.7Mbps (down), 12.4M (up)- Max speed 724Mbps- data is for 600m * 600m grids, showing average speed up/down, number of tests, and number of users (IP). Added centroid, and now lat/long.See tweet of image of centroids also attached.NB: Discrepancy Q2-21, Speedtest Global shows June AU average speedtest at 80Mbps, whereas Q2 mean is 52Mbps (v17; Q1 45Mbps; v14). Dec 20 Speedtest Global has AU at 59Mbps. Could be possible timing difference. Or spatial anonymising masking shaping highest speeds. Else potentially data inconsistent between national average and geospatial detail. Check in upcoming quarters.NextSteps:Histogram - compare Q220, Q121, Q122. per v1.4.ipynb.Versions:v40: Added AUS Q125 (93k lines avg d/l 116.6 Mbps u/l 21.35 Mbps). Imported using v2 Jupyter notebook (MBP 16Gb). Mean tests: 16.9. Mean devices: 5.13. Download, extract and publish: 14 mins.v39: Added AUS Q424 (95k lines avg d/l 110.9 Mbps u/l 21.02 Mbps). Imported using v2 Jupyter notebook (MBP 16Gb). Mean tests: 17.2. Mean devices: 5.24. Download, extract and publish: 14 mins.v38: Added AUS Q324 (92k lines avg d/l 107.0 Mbps u/l 20.79 Mbps). Imported using v2 Jupyter notebook (iMac 32Gb). Mean tests: 17.7. Mean devices: 5.33.Added github speedtest-workflow-importv2vis.ipynb Jupyter added datavis code to colour code national map. (per Binder on Github; link below).v37: Added AUS Q224 (91k lines avg d/l 97.40 Mbps u/l 19.88 Mbps). Imported using speedtest-workflow-importv2 jupyter notebook. Mean tests:18.1. Mean devices: 5.4.v36 Load UK data, Q1-23 and compare to AUS and NZ Q123 data. Add compare image (au-nz-ukQ123.png), calc PlayNZUK.ipynb, data load import-UK.ipynb. UK data bit rough and ready as uses rectangle to mark out UK, but includes some EIRE and FR. Indicative only and to be definitively needs geo-clean to exclude neighbouring countries.v35 Load Melb geo-maps of speed quartiles (0-25, 25-50, 50-75, 75-100, 100-). Avg in 2020; 41Mbps. Avg in 2023; 86Mbps. MelbQ323.png, MelbQ320.png. Calc with Speedtest-incHist.ipynb code. Needed to install conda mapclassify. ax=melb.plot(column=...dict(bins[25,50,75,100]))v34 Added AUS Q124 (93k lines avg d/l 87.00 Mbps u/l 18.86 Mbps). Imported using speedtest-workflow-importv2 jupyter notebook. Mean tests:18.3. Mean devices: 5.5.v33 Added AUS Q423 (92k lines avg d/l 82.62 Mbps). Imported using speedtest-workflow-importv2 jupyter notebook. Mean tests:18.0. Mean devices: 5.6. Added link to Github.v32 Recalc Au vs NZ for upload performance; added image. using PlayNZ Jupyter. NZ approx 40% locations at or above 100Mbps. Aus

The statistic shows the average cable download speeds for fixed broadband connections in the United Kingdom (UK) from November 2010 to November 2019. In November 2016, the average cable download speed reached 94.1 Mbit/s in the United Kingdom. This average download speed increased and reached 148.4 Mbit/s in November 2019.This type of internet is delivered by the use of a cable modem, and it is used primarily to deliver broadband internet connection in the form of cable internet. These download speeds were relatively the highest when compared to other broadband connection speeds, such as the ADSL download speeds.

Explore the interactive maps showing the average delay and average speed on the Strategic Road Network and local ‘A’ roads in England, in 2022.

On the Strategic Road Network (SRN) for 2022, the average delay is estimated to be 9.3 seconds per vehicle per mile (spvpm), compared to free flow, a 9.4% increase on 2021 and a 2.1% decrease on 2019.

The average speed is estimated to be 58.1 mph, down 1.4% from 2021 and up 0.2% from 2019.

On local ‘A’ roads for 2022, the average delay was estimated to be 45.5 seconds per vehicle per mile compared to free flow, up 2.5% from 2021 and down 2.8% from 2019 (pre-coronavirus)

The average speed is estimated to be 23.7 mph, down 1.7% from 2021 and up 2.2% from 2019 (pre-coronavirus).

Average speeds in 2022 have stabilised towards similar trends observed before the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a marked impact on everyday life, including on congestion on the road network. As some of these data are affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, caution should be taken when interpreting these statistics and comparing them with other time periods. Additional http://bit.ly/COVID_Congestion_Analysis" class="govuk-link">analysis on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on road journeys in 2020 is also available. This Storymap contains charts and interactive maps for road journeys in England in 2020.

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Wired telecommunications carriers in Europe have contended with intensifying competition as wireless technology (including mobile phones, 5G home broadband and over-the-top TV) has encroached on key markets. The expanding popularity and coverage of wireless telecommunication services have put pressure on prices for traditional wired services, constraining average revenue per user (ARPU) and weakening subscription numbers. Revenue is forecast to sink at a compound annual rate of 2.5% over the five years through 2025 to €231.6 billion, including a 1.8% dip in revenue in 2025. Building fibre optic infrastructure across the continent has secured fixed networks as the fastest and most reliable internet connection. The quicker speeds the technology offers have allowed ISPs to push up prices. However, slow rollout in key markets like Germany and the UK means that some telecom companies have yet to benefit fully. In the past few years, inflationary pressures have suppressed ARPU as consumers and businesses sought to save money. Constrained disposable incomes have caused many consumers to shop around for the best and cheapest deal, fostering enhanced price competition between providers. Outside competition has also accelerated, with online streaming platforms disrupting the traditional pay TV business model that cable TV providers rely on. Wired telecommunications carriers will continue to battle for market share with competing industries, especially wireless telecommunications carriers. The launch of more satellite internet providers and the promised future release of 6G are major threats to the industry. Wired carriers have lost a sizeable portion of subscribers and although this rate is projected to ease, more customers are likely to ditch their landlines and cable TV subscriptions. Nonetheless, the growing demand for faster Wi-Fi speeds and the rollout of fibre optic technologies will support revenue, limiting the overall dip. Over the five years through 2030, revenue is anticipated to climb at a compound annual rate of 2.1% to €257.5 billion.

Thanks to OS MasterMap Highways Network with Speed Data, you can also access road speed information through our product. It’s an additional dataset to help you plan logistics and monitor our roads more effectively.

Perhaps you're looking for more data about Great Britain's roads? Or maybe you're studying drive times or comparing vehicle types along routes or the impact of a new development? This could be the product for you.

We have enhanced our Highways Network family of products with these three speed data additions. Each product is supplied with an additional data file which will be either Average Speed, Speed Limits or a combination of both.

As of mid-2024, EE offered the fastest mobile download speeds in the United Kingdom, with users experiencing an average download speed of **** megabits per second (Mbps). Ranked second was *, followed by Vodafone.

Although Europe’s fibre-optic cable manufacturing industry is fairly small on a global scale, it’s becoming increasingly important for the continent's digital transformation. Demand for high-speed internet in Europe is on the rise due to the increase in data-intensive services, like streaming platforms. Telecommunications companies have invested heavily in fibre-optic technology to upgrade their infrastructures, inflating demand for fibre-optic cables. Fibre-optic cables are also essential for expanding the 5G network, as they connect numerous small base stations and enable the required data transfer rates. They’re also used in the automotive industry, sensor technology and robotics. Over the five years through 2025, fibre-optic cable manufacturing revenue is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 3.4% to €4 billion, including a forecast hike of 4.1% in 2025. Consumers and businesses are increasingly valuing fast internet connection, resulting in telecommunications companies investing heavily in their fibre-optic infrastructure, ramping up profitability over the past five years. However, the development of fibre-optic networks in Europe varies between countries. According to the German Broadband Association, in 2022, fibre-optic penetration in Germany was around 26%, while the UK reported a penetration rate of 33% at the beginning of 2022. In contrast, Spain (89%), Portugal (87%) and Sweden (84%) had a much higher penetration rate at the end of 2021. In Sweden, telecommunication companies have rejected transitional technologies like vectoring, which has led to a faster roll-out of fibre networks, avoiding delays in roll-out that have occurred in other countries. The automotive market also provides a healthy market for fibre-optic cable manufactures, a sector that has been experiencing a slow recovery from its pandemic-driven tumble amid severe supply chain disruptions. Over the five years through 2030, revenue is slated to swell at a compound annual rate of 5.4% to €5.2 billion. Western Europe isn’t particularly attractive for the production of fibre-optic cables due to low sales volume, high labour costs and market dominance by subsidiaries of international corporations. However, several Western European countries are actively investing in and expanding their fibre-optic infrastructure, which should promote future sales. The European Commission has announced investments of around €850 million for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital second Work Programme in the four years through 2027. The UK and Germany have also launched initiatives to achieve nationwide gigabit broadband coverage by 2030. Spain is driving forward its fibre infrastructure with significant investment and legislative support to promote competition and digitisation.

The statistic shows the average ADSL download speeds for fixed broadband connections in the United Kingdom (UK) from November 2010 to November 2018. In November 2018, the average ADSL download speed reached 10.4 Mbit/s in the United Kingdom. ADSL stands for Asymmetric digital subscriber line and it is a data communications technology that allows for faster data transmission via copper telephone lines. Compared to average cable download speeds, ADSL download speeds were considerably lower.