Virgin Media Broadband Streets Ahead in Ofcom Testing

Virgin Media broadband came out on top of OFCOM’s 10MB and 20MB UK speed comparison tests, whose figures were published on Tuesday 27th July 2010. In both studies Virgin Media offered almost DOUBLE the average broadband speed of the nearest competitor between the peak hours of 8-10pm.

OFCOM research provides the UK’s most comprehensive internet speed survey, and shows that the countries residential broadband speeds have risen nationally by 25% over the past 12 months. The survey does however show that many providers advertised service are not exactly what is available for many customers. Cable broadband was shown to deliver much faster download speeds than other services available, with OFCOM’s findings including -

Virgin Media’s ‘up to’ 10Mbit/s and ‘up to’ 20Mbit/s cable services delivered average download speeds around twice as fast as DSL packages with the same or similar headline speed.

Virgin Media’s ‘up to’ 50Mbit/s cable service was the fastest service tested, delivering average download speeds of around 36Mbit/s with single thread tests and around 46Mbit/s with multi-thread tests conducted between 4 and 6am. A single thread test involves downloading a single file, while a multi-thread test involves conducting three file downloads simultaneously, which is more typical of the way heavy internet users consume broadband.

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As you can see, Virgin Media delivers a great selection of top end speeds across all their packages. When it comes to choosing a broadband provider, OFCOM’s findings show that when you require power and speed, Virgin Media broadband truly is top of the pile.

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