UK Broadband Speed & Latency Diagnostics Lab
Test UK broadband download, upload, latency (ping) & jitter across Virgin Media, BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Hyperoptic, CityFibre & full-fibre altnets.
Click Start to test UK latency, download and upload throughput.
UK Broadband Speed Benchmarks (Ofcom & Full-Fibre Reference)
Compare your wired Ethernet measurement against standard Ofcom residential broadband benchmarks across Openreach, Virgin Media O2, CityFibre and UK full-fibre altnets:
Ofcom Universal Service (USO)
Legal baseline UK minimum for basic web browsing, NHS/banking portals and single video calls.
Superfast FTTC Part-Fibre
Typical Openreach cabinet-to-home copper drop speeds suitable for 1–3 HD streams and remote work.
Ultrafast FTTP & Cable
Handles busy family households, simultaneous 4K BBC iPlayer/Sky streams, cloud backups and gaming.
Full-Fibre Gigabit UK
Requires Cat6 Ethernet or Wi-Fi 6E/7 client hardware to measure true line capacity above 1 Gbps.
How to Spot an Outage vs Indoor Wi-Fi Bottleneck
If wired ping fluctuates wildly (jitter above 40 ms) or download stalls below 5 Mbps, inspect your Openreach ONT LOS/PON light and compare local UK ISP outage alerts. Under Ofcom Automatic Compensation, qualifying total line failures past 2 working days credit £9.98 per day automatically.