Category: thinkbroadband
AAISP IDNet and Hyperoptic the big winners in April ratings battle
Our analysis of the many thousands of votes in April for your broadband providers is now available and we rank your votes for the providers.
98% superfast broadband target may not be reached till 2020
We can exclusively reveal that based on the delivery performance of all the broadband infrastructure providers it may not be until January 2020 that the UK reaches 98% coverage of superfast broadband.
What broadband providers financial results often fail to reveal!
In the next week or two we can expect the big PLC providers to release their last quarters results and while at one time there used to be lots of juicy figures on broadband a lot of this information has vanished. Into this void we can reveal how popular we believe the various services are.
Broadband speeds for broadband services at peak times
With just over a month to go before the new ASA rules on adverts requiring the peak time speed between 8pm to 10pm we are sharing our data the speeds we have seen from broadband speed tests in Q1 2018 within that time period of each day.
UK broadband speed test results for March 2018
The results for March are in and there is a different name at the top of the table reflecting the increasing availability of full fibre connectivity.
Peak and off peak performance at the largest UK broadband providers in February 2018
It is time to look at the differences our broadband speed test is recording for those running the full tester with single and multiple download test segments. The performance of a single download offering an insight into how fast and reliable a connection is for video streaming.
Scottish Affairs Committee to hear evidence on Digital Connectivity in Scotland
The next sitting of the Scottish Affairs Committee which starts at 9.45am on Tuesday 23rd January is to hear evidence and have a chance to ask questions about the state of play of broadband in Scotland and thinkbroadband will be there to give its insight into what is happening or not in the broadband world.
Why its important to use an Ethernet connection when speed testing
We always recommend connecting a device via an Ethernet cable to your broadband router when running a speed test and data from Virgin Media customers highlights the differences this can make.
The spread of broadband speeds across the UK in Q3 2017
The third calendar quarter of 2017 is over and we updated our main speed statistics earlier in October, so now its time to delve into the data at a deeper level i.e. postcode such as RM5
August update on state of broadband coverage across the UK and regions
Its time once more for our monthly round-up and we have extended the tables to add the premise counts for the various areas to help people get a better feel for the work left to be done.