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* ]: BT Group operates the ] brand and has 4.6 million customers.<ref></ref> The company also offers wholesale broadband to other ISPs through the ] brand.{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}} It also operates under the ] brand. Plusnet was founded in 1997. Plusnet won the ] (ISPA) “Best Consumer ISP” award in 2008. Plusnet has also been ranked number one in a survey carried out{{when|date=April 2013}} by Broadband Choices, a broadband website in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.plus.net/press/awards.shtml |title=Best Consumer ISP }}</ref> * ]: BT Group operates the ] brand and had 4.6 million accounts in January 2009.<ref>, International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Neilson Ratings via Blogcetera on Blogspot.com, February 4, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2013.</ref> The company also offers wholesale broadband to other ISPs through the ] brand.{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}} It also operates under the ] brand. Plusnet was founded in 1997. Plusnet won the ] (ISPA) “Best Consumer ISP” award in 2008. Plusnet has also been ranked number one in a 2008 survey by Broadband Choices, a broadband website in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.plus.net/press/awards.shtml |title=Our awards for Broadband and customer service: Best Broadband Provider in the UK 2008 |author=Broadband Choices |publisher=Plusnet |year=2008}}</ref>


*]: a ] provider that also provides broadband and home phone services. Launched in 2006, it has its headquarters in ], UK. It offers bundle services with TV, home phone and broadband services. It won ]'s “Best Overall Customer Satisfaction” award in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.uswitch.com/digital-tv/customer-satisfaction/ |title=uSwitch Best Value for Money award }}</ref> It has operated the ] brand since February 2013.<ref>https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/aboutus</ref> In 2013 it acquired O2's home broadband business.<ref>http://www.o2.co.uk/broadband/broadbandchanges</ref> *]: a ] provider that also provides broadband and home phone services. Launched in 2006, it has its headquarters in ], UK. It offers bundle services with TV, home phone and broadband services. It won ]'s “Best Overall Customer Satisfaction” award in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.uswitch.com/digital-tv/customer-satisfaction/ |title=uSwitch Best Value for Money award }} {failed verification}}</ref> It has operated the ] brand since February 2013.<ref>, BE Unlimited, retrieved September 13, 2013.</ref> In 2013 it acquired O2's home broadband business.<ref>, O2, retrieved September 13, 2013.</ref>


*]: offers consumers a ] bundle of TV, broadband, home phone and mobile. Virgin Media won Top 10 Broadband's “Best Broadband Bundle” award in August 2008 and MacUser magazine's “ISP of the Year” award for November 2008<ref>{{cite news |url= http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/broadband/why-virgin.html |title=Best Broadband Bundle award }}</ref>.. In April 2009 the company receiving the Gold Award for download performance from the Broadband Choices Customer Satisfaction Survey{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}. The UK ISP claims to have around 10 million customers{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}. The company also provides fibre optic broadband of up to 100Mb, with 120Mb due to be rolled out by the middle of 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/Virgin-Media-s-speed-doubling-starts-2380.aspx}}</ref> *]: offers consumers a ] bundle of TV, broadband, home phone and mobile. Virgin Media won Top 10 Broadband's “Best Broadband Bundle” award in August 2008 and MacUser magazine's “ISP of the Year” award for November 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/broadband/why-virgin.html |title=Best Broadband Bundle award }} {failed verification}}</ref> In April 2009 the company receiving the Gold Award for download performance from the Broadband Choices Customer Satisfaction Survey.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} The UK ISP claims to have around 10 million customers.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} The company also provides fibre optic broadband of up to 100Mb, with 120Mb due to be rolled out by the middle of 2013.<ref>http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/Virgin-Media-s-speed-doubling-starts-2380.aspx {{Dead link}}</ref>


*]: TalkTalk offers broadband service to consumers in the UK. Launched in 2004, the ISP had a customer base of 4.12 million in December 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carphone raises profit forecast |author= |newspaper=] |date=27 November 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8382119.stm}}</ref> The ISP offers broadband and landline phone services, primarily through LLU. TalkTalk also operates the ] brand. *]: TalkTalk offers broadband service to consumers in the UK. Launched in 2004, the ISP had a customer base of 4.12 million in December 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carphone raises profit forecast |author= |newspaper=] |date=27 November 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8382119.stm}}</ref> The ISP offers broadband and landline phone services, primarily through LLU. TalkTalk also operates the ] brand.
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*]: Operates home broadband under the EE brand, previously operated as ] Broadband. *]: Operates home broadband under the EE brand, previously operated as ] Broadband.


*] : - Updata Infrastructure UK is a broadband provider focusing on ] markets with a customer base covering schools, local authorities and primary care trusts. *]: Updata Infrastructure UK is a broadband provider focusing on ] markets with a customer base covering schools, local authorities and primary care trusts.


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Here is a list of the prominent broadband Internet access providers in the United Kingdom. This article only lists those providers providing residential service, i.e. that provided via a fixed line. For mobile broadband providers, see List of mobile operators in the United Kingdom.

  • BT Group: BT Group operates the BT Total Broadband brand and had 4.6 million accounts in January 2009. The company also offers wholesale broadband to other ISPs through the Openreach brand. It also operates under the Plusnet brand. Plusnet was founded in 1997. Plusnet won the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) “Best Consumer ISP” award in 2008. Plusnet has also been ranked number one in a 2008 survey by Broadband Choices, a broadband website in the UK.
  • Sky Broadband: a digital TV provider that also provides broadband and home phone services. Launched in 2006, it has its headquarters in London, UK. It offers bundle services with TV, home phone and broadband services. It won uSwitch's “Best Overall Customer Satisfaction” award in 2009. It has operated the Be Unlimited brand since February 2013. In 2013 it acquired O2's home broadband business.
  • Virgin Media: offers consumers a quadruple play bundle of TV, broadband, home phone and mobile. Virgin Media won Top 10 Broadband's “Best Broadband Bundle” award in August 2008 and MacUser magazine's “ISP of the Year” award for November 2008. In April 2009 the company receiving the Gold Award for download performance from the Broadband Choices Customer Satisfaction Survey. The UK ISP claims to have around 10 million customers. The company also provides fibre optic broadband of up to 100Mb, with 120Mb due to be rolled out by the middle of 2013.
  • TalkTalk: TalkTalk offers broadband service to consumers in the UK. Launched in 2004, the ISP had a customer base of 4.12 million in December 2009. The ISP offers broadband and landline phone services, primarily through LLU. TalkTalk also operates the AOL Broadband brand.
  • EE: Operates home broadband under the EE brand, previously operated as Orange Broadband.
  • Updata: Updata Infrastructure UK is a broadband provider focusing on public sector markets with a customer base covering schools, local authorities and primary care trusts.

References

  1. "UK ISP, Cable & Dongle Numbers - Jan 2009", International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Neilson Ratings via Blogcetera on Blogspot.com, February 4, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  2. Broadband Choices (2008). "Our awards for Broadband and customer service: Best Broadband Provider in the UK 2008". Plusnet.
  3. "uSwitch Best Value for Money award". {failed verification}}
  4. "About Us", BE Unlimited, retrieved September 13, 2013.
  5. "Important news about your O2 Home Broadband and Home Phone service", O2, retrieved September 13, 2013.
  6. "Best Broadband Bundle award". {failed verification}}
  7. http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/Virgin-Media-s-speed-doubling-starts-2380.aspx
  8. "Carphone raises profit forecast". BBC News Online. 27 November 2009.

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