Report: Guernsey download speeds faster than UK
October 23, 2024
The Guernsey Competition & Regulatory Authority (the GCRA) has been monitoring broadband speeds in Guernsey and found that they now exceed the last reported UK average broadband download speed, released by Ofcom late in Q4 2023.
The median average fixed broadband download speed for the island was 74.1Mbps vs. 69.4Mb in the UK, for the period April to September 2024. This is also an increase of 11.9 per cent for the local average speed over the previous period, January to April 2024.
Michael Byrne, CEO of the GCRA, commented: “This year we have been aiming to improve the transparency of what people receive and so hold our broadband providers to account by monitoring their performance using a specialist company – similar to what Ofcom does in the UK. The significant increase in speeds highlights the positive impact of the fibre roll-out which users are benefitting from.”