https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/ 2026-10-16T16:22:23.494Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/bufferbloat-why-calls-freeze-when-someone-downloads/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/infographics/bufferbloat-why-calls-freeze-when-someone-downloads.png Bufferbloat: why video calls freeze when someone starts a download Illustrative ping traces for two lines with the same download speed. Pulse measures your own busy-line grade live in Standard and Thorough modes. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/full-fibre-coverage-and-speed-by-uk-nation-2025/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/infographics/full-fibre-coverage-and-speed-by-uk-nation-2025.png Full fibre coverage and speed by UK nation, 2025 Full fibre availability for residential premises and the average maximum download speed available, July 2025. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 nations reports and UK report. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/how-long-downloads-take-at-each-uk-broadband-speed/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/infographics/how-long-downloads-take-at-each-uk-broadband-speed.png How long downloads take at each UK broadband speed Ideal, steady conditions, decimal gigabytes. Real downloads also depend on the server at the other end and your Wi-Fi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/slow-broadband-your-rights-ofcom-code-of-practice-timeline/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/infographics/slow-broadband-your-rights-ofcom-code-of-practice-timeline.png Slow broadband? Your rights under Ofcom’s code of practice Ofcom’s broadband speeds code of practice, in force since 1 March 2019. BT, EE, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media all signed up. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/uk-broadband-speed-ladder-what-speed-do-you-need/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/infographics/uk-broadband-speed-ladder-what-speed-do-you-need.png What broadband speed do you need? The UK speed ladder Download speed in Mbps for a typical UK evening. Ofcom defines 10 Mbps as the decent broadband minimum, 30 Mbps and above as superfast and 300 Mbps and above as ultrafast; the bands between are Pulse rules of thumb. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/uk-full-fibre-and-gigabit-coverage-2022-2025/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/infographics/uk-full-fibre-and-gigabit-coverage-2022-2025.png UK full fibre and gigabit coverage, 2022 to 2025 Share of UK premises able to get full fibre and gigabit-capable broadband, July each year. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2022 to 2025. By January 2026 full fibre reached 82% of UK homes (Ofcom Spring 2026 update). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/upload-speed-needed-for-video-calls-streaming-and-home-working/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/infographics/upload-speed-needed-for-video-calls-streaming-and-home-working.png How much upload speed do you need? Upload speed needed for common tasks, log scale. Zoom figures from Zoom’s published requirements; Pulse rules of thumb where marked. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/what-average-speed-in-a-broadband-advert-really-means/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/infographics/what-average-speed-in-a-broadband-advert-really-means.png What the average speed in a broadband advert really means The Advertising Standards Authority’s broadband speed standard, in force since 23 May 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/what-download-upload-ping-and-busy-line-grade-mean/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/img/uk-broadband-speed-test-what-download-upload-ping-mean.png What a speed test measures: download, upload, ping and the busy-line grade Download fills the house, upload leaves it, ping is the round trip, and the busy-line grade shows what happens when everyone is online at once. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/what-ping-feels-like-latency-bands-uk-broadband/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/infographics/what-ping-feels-like-latency-bands-uk-broadband.png What ping feels like: latency bands for UK broadband Pulse’s ping bands for everyday UK use, measured as the round trip to Cloudflare’s UK edge. Lower is better. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/infographics/where-your-broadband-speed-goes-between-the-street-and-the-sofa/ 2026-10-17T09:05:56.631Z https://ukspeedtest.co.uk/assets/img/where-your-broadband-speed-goes-house-diagram.png Where your broadband speed goes between the street and the sofa Illustrative shares for a typical UK home on Wi-Fi. A cable to the router gives full speed anywhere in the house. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/