Average UK broadband speeds hit double figures

Friday, 15^th March 2013 07:43 GMT (Europe/London)
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The average speed of home broadband is now 12Mbps (megabits per second), according to research from regulator Ofcom. That has risen by a third since its last report in May 2012 and trebled in the past four years. Increasingly consumers are upgrading their broadband packages to super-fast services of 30Mbps or above. The increasing appetite for online video and more devices per household were driving the changes, Ofcom said.

By November 2012, more than three-quarters of the UK's home broadband users were on packages with advertised speeds above 10Mbps. The proportion of broadband connections classed as superfast was up to 13%, from 5% the previous year. Superfast connections are getting faster, with average speeds rising from 35.8Mbps in May 2012 to 44.6Mbps in November 2012. They are also getting cheaper - customers can upgrade for as little as