BT Internet and Services

BT

BT is a large provider in The United Kingdom. We have seen speeds as high as 5363.55 Mbps from BT's coverage area, and most of their users see real-world speeds in the range of 21.39 to 63.58 Mbps. BT is available in several large cities, including Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, and Manchester. In these cities, its fastest speeds range from 11.52 to 66.98 Mbps. Of the smaller cities BT serves, such as Ringway, Acton Scott, Aston Subedge, Baulking, and Milden, maximum speeds vary from 1.76 to 70 Mbps, and most of their customers obtain speeds between 40.31 and 70 Mbps.

BT's Rankings Across The United Kingdom: Large Providers in 2020

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Fastest Speed

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Best Speed Range

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Most Tested

BT Speeds Over Time

BT's Fastest Towns and Cities in The United Kingdom

Position	City	Max Speed	Typical Speed Range	Median Speed
1	Bircham	535.21 Mbps	443.06—508.19 Mbps	463.7 Mbps
2	Portglenone	525.02 Mbps	52.34—455.93 Mbps	420.39 Mbps
3	Arlesey	546.45 Mbps	226.86—288.8 Mbps	268.81 Mbps
4	Heanor and Loscoe	304.61 Mbps	62.02—278.55 Mbps	266.43 Mbps
5	Arthuret	303.83 Mbps	256.14—293.32 Mbps	262.03 Mbps

BT's Slowest Towns and Cities in The United Kingdom

Position	City	Max Speed	Typical Speed Range	Median Speed
1	Balsham	410.61 Mbps	0.29—9.96 Mbps	0.29 Mbps
2	Lundin Links	6.52 Mbps	0.4—4.43 Mbps	0.55 Mbps
3	Patna	42.26 Mbps	0.64—1.56 Mbps	0.72 Mbps
4	Catrine	38.39 Mbps	0.65—4.45 Mbps	0.79 Mbps
5	Overstrand	24.82 Mbps	0.91—9.06 Mbps	0.95 Mbps

BT Growth and Performance History: Towns and Cities

BT in Regions and Counties

BT Speed Test Results

We analysed users testing BT multiple times, each test starting no more than 30 minutes after the previous speed test. On average, BT customers ran 3 speed tests per session. Looking at download speeds, if the download speed of a BT user's final test is 10% faster than their starting download speed, we count that as a succesful and faster speed test result. We count an unsuccessful, slower result if the final result is 10% slower than the starting result; we'd consider this a customer BT should speak to as soon as possible. For speed tests that don't vary by that much, we consider the final result to be the same. For BT's customer base, of the speed tests we measured, 38.72% were fast, 23.77% slow, and 37.51% broadly the same.

Most Recent Tests

Town / City	Start Time	# Tests	Duration	Start Speed	End Speed	Status
Saline, Fife	24 Jan 2021 23:55:27	6	4 mins	19.08 Mbps	2.03 Mbps	Needs help, very slow
Bromley, London	24 Jan 2021 23:58:09	2	48 secs	0.87 Mbps	0.91 Mbps	Needs help, very slow
Hexham, Northumberland	24 Jan 2021 23:46:22	3	11 mins	7.19 Mbps	7.96 Mbps	Needs help, very slow
Hammersmith, London	24 Jan 2021 23:52:07	2	4 mins	0.62 Mbps	0.68 Mbps	Needs help, very slow
Elderslie, Renfrewshire	24 Jan 2021 23:29:13	13	26 mins	40.08 Mbps	61.53 Mbps	Improved
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	24 Jan 2021 23:33:35	17	21 mins	10.31 Mbps	14.44 Mbps	Improved
Rugby, Warwickshire	24 Jan 2021 23:49:07	2	4 mins	33.5 Mbps	34.04 Mbps
London, London	24 Jan 2021 23:50:26	4	2 mins	1.39 Mbps	13.17 Mbps	Improved
Forest Gate, London	24 Jan 2021 23:38:30	3	14 mins	74.24 Mbps	81.55 Mbps
Berden, Essex	24 Jan 2021 23:51:39	2	28 secs	45.04 Mbps	58.87 Mbps	Improved
Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow, Milton Keynes	24 Jan 2021 23:46:20	3	5 mins	26.39 Mbps	82.69 Mbps	Improved
Guildford, Surrey	24 Jan 2021 23:48:00	4	2 mins	8.84 Mbps	12.67 Mbps	Improved
Addington, Buckinghamshire	24 Jan 2021 23:48:17	2	78 secs	10.41 Mbps	48.02 Mbps	Improved
Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire	24 Jan 2021 23:31:44	2	16 mins	61.79 Mbps	61 Mbps
Colchester, Essex	24 Jan 2021 23:47:55	2	38 secs	2.96 Mbps	5.47 Mbps	Needs help, very slow
Chelmsford, Essex	24 Jan 2021 23:47:34	2	48 secs	3.01 Mbps	2.83 Mbps	Needs help, very slow
Esher, Surrey	24 Jan 2021 23:45:27	3	70 secs	91.2 Mbps	81.81 Mbps	Needs help
Hounslow, London	24 Jan 2021 23:24:35	4	20 mins	0.68 Mbps	15.59 Mbps	Improved
Mitcham, London	24 Jan 2021 23:17:36	2	27 mins	58.59 Mbps	64.15 Mbps
Shotton, Flintshire	24 Jan 2021 23:42:57	2	66 secs	28.73 Mbps	0.49 Mbps	Needs help, very slow

BT in Large Towns and Cities

Position	City	Max Speed	Typical Speed Range
1	Bradford	836.56 Mbps	22.55—56.89 Mbps
2	Liverpool	836.13 Mbps	23.56—67.63 Mbps
3	Edinburgh	671.36 Mbps	15.69—59.97 Mbps
4	Bristol	902.73 Mbps	20.81—65.62 Mbps
5	Barnet	884.19 Mbps	24.61—65.24 Mbps
6	Croydon	910.13 Mbps	21.52—70.06 Mbps
7	Coventry	924.17 Mbps	16.7—50.66 Mbps
8	Leicester	910.64 Mbps	20.93—58.95 Mbps
9	Forest Gate	905.57 Mbps	31.04—69.22 Mbps
10	Wakefield	898.57 Mbps	37—72.08 Mbps
11	Ealing	904.04 Mbps	26.05—52.66 Mbps
12	Cheshire West and Chester	593.15 Mbps	15.88—57.88 Mbps
13	Enfield Town	896.72 Mbps	27.39—64.53 Mbps
14	Bromley	922.47 Mbps	23.24—56.42 Mbps
15	Nottingham	893.46 Mbps	18.39—63.99 Mbps
16	Brent	520.03 Mbps	27.22—60.84 Mbps
17	Sandwell	754.46 Mbps	30.01—63.04 Mbps
18	Wandsworth	882.6 Mbps	39.91—72.65 Mbps
19	Wigan	463.52 Mbps	21.73—51.88 Mbps
20	Lambeth	919.91 Mbps	13.15—68.67 Mbps
21	Wirral	885.24 Mbps	21.45—64.71 Mbps
22	Dudley	912.95 Mbps	22.71—60.21 Mbps
23	Tower Hamlets	904.83 Mbps	22.55—64.99 Mbps
24	Southwark	612.13 Mbps	18.02—56.84 Mbps
25	Doncaster	881.06 Mbps	17.5—48.23 Mbps
26	Hillingdon	936.69 Mbps	30.5—60.1 Mbps
27	Redbridge	901.69 Mbps	21.64—62.22 Mbps
28	Lewisham	914.12 Mbps	21.96—62.58 Mbps
29	Newcastle upon Tyne	771.53 Mbps	19.92—64.1 Mbps
30	Stockport	892.47 Mbps	19.63—51.5 Mbps
31	Brighton	645.63 Mbps	33.94—67.6 Mbps
32	Greenwich	796.05 Mbps	19.48—63.93 Mbps
33	Bolton	919.89 Mbps	18.98—48.59 Mbps
34	Walsall	887.34 Mbps	20.46—52.42 Mbps
35	Hackney	924.46 Mbps	15.94—61.95 Mbps
36	Gillingham	907.75 Mbps	18.41—47.89 Mbps
37	Sunderland	314.16 Mbps	14.07—42.43 Mbps
38	Waltham Forest	921.78 Mbps	19.49—56.7 Mbps
39	Belfast	498.4 Mbps	30.22—114.34 Mbps
40	Hounslow	900.4 Mbps	37.52—63.87 Mbps
41	Haringey	853.68 Mbps	29.72—58.9 Mbps
42	Rotherham	451.92 Mbps	18.51—51.51 Mbps
43	Plymouth	869.97 Mbps	19.36—61.73 Mbps
44	Camden	913.96 Mbps	50.27—72.75 Mbps
45	Wolverhampton	893.47 Mbps	30.92—67.03 Mbps
46	Hull	21.74 Mbps	11.58—17.85 Mbps
47	Romford	895.21 Mbps	22.97—64.2 Mbps
48	Derby	905.02 Mbps	23.28—62.63 Mbps
49	Stoke-on-Trent	891.06 Mbps	17.16—70.35 Mbps
50	London	945.58 Mbps	31.74—72.93 Mbps
51	Salford	903.8 Mbps	29.3—119.38 Mbps
52	Southampton	494.88 Mbps	15.33—50.55 Mbps
53	Harrow	910.07 Mbps	28.49—69.09 Mbps
54	Bexley	884.75 Mbps	21.41—55.39 Mbps
55	Barnsley	847.48 Mbps	19.46—50.41 Mbps
56	Islington	891.2 Mbps	21.35—70.44 Mbps
57	Trafford	829.26 Mbps	30.14—61.15 Mbps
58	Oldham	917.98 Mbps	21.29—56.97 Mbps
59	Northampton	532 Mbps	22.66—63.82 Mbps
60	Rochdale	693.76 Mbps	17.68—52.3 Mbps
61	Portsmouth	842.36 Mbps	11.8—48.85 Mbps
62	Solihull	658.45 Mbps	25.44—73.78 Mbps
63	Luton	93.43 Mbps	38.75—74.96 Mbps
64	Dagenham	839.84 Mbps	19.26—54.25 Mbps
65	York	5363.55 Mbps	22.99—65.82 Mbps
66	Warrington	602.4 Mbps	23.68—71.51 Mbps
67	Mitcham	905.43 Mbps	37.54—70.04 Mbps
68	Sutton	930.58 Mbps	21.89—55.28 Mbps
69	Gateshead	416.3 Mbps	12.49—46.79 Mbps
70	Peterborough	858.52 Mbps	19.51—53.96 Mbps
71	Stockton-on-Tees	449.49 Mbps	13.75—47.58 Mbps
72	Richmond	912.38 Mbps	32.44—68.08 Mbps
73	Aberdeen	560.05 Mbps	18.17—54.16 Mbps
74	Colchester	912.83 Mbps	17.12—56.83 Mbps
75	Bath	878.16 Mbps	24.46—68.73 Mbps
76	Bury	721.24 Mbps	21.9—68.93 Mbps
77	Basildon	918.32 Mbps	30.58—73.48 Mbps
78	Hammersmith	867.81 Mbps	32.38—69.02 Mbps
79	Southend-on-Sea	883.34 Mbps	19.44—62.84 Mbps
80	Chelmsford	900.36 Mbps	19.11—56.71 Mbps
81	Basingstoke	912.29 Mbps	26.44—55.18 Mbps
82	Kingston upon Thames	788.05 Mbps	22.92—62.17 Mbps
83	High Wycombe	837.22 Mbps	19.52—62.01 Mbps
84	Bedford	901.78 Mbps	36.04—251.29 Mbps
85	Maidstone	904.5 Mbps	21.87—70.06 Mbps
86	Canterbury	895.95 Mbps	16.32—54.4 Mbps
87	Bournemouth	676.81 Mbps	20.46—51.73 Mbps
88	Reading	874.45 Mbps	19.96—36.37 Mbps
89	Harrogate	480.59 Mbps	26.51—68.54 Mbps
90	Kensington	888.13 Mbps	41.79—70.84 Mbps
91	Oxford	462.61 Mbps	28.39—57.94 Mbps
92	Braintree	781.72 Mbps	21.76—69.79 Mbps
93	Maidenhead	546.71 Mbps	35.33—72.55 Mbps
94	Poole	556.88 Mbps	23.75—54.13 Mbps
95	Slough	781.16 Mbps	23.69—60.83 Mbps
96	Huddersfield	869.74 Mbps	25.78—65.01 Mbps
97	Blackburn	234.98 Mbps	18.24—51.28 Mbps
98	Guildford	909.86 Mbps	26.88—67.04 Mbps
99	Reigate	898.21 Mbps	16.09—51.7 Mbps
100	Dundee	527.56 Mbps	10.43—42.7 Mbps

Frequently Asked Questions about BT

The fastest speed we've seen for BT is 5363.55 Mbps, and most people see download speeds in the range of 21.39—63.58 Mbps.

We have recorded BT speed tests in over 100 towns and cities, including Bradford, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Barnet.

BT is ranked as the 1st fastest provider in The United Kingdom.

In The United Kingdom, BT is the 2nd most popular broadband provider.