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Broadband Awards 2015

Held annually, the uSwitch Broadband Awards recognise the companies that provide our customers with the best products and services in the industry.

Now in their seventh year, the awards cover every aspect of the broadband market, with prizes for best home and mobile provider, best customer support, fastest service, best TV provider and best broadband innovation.

By highlighting the best broadband providers and products, we hope to make it even easier for consumers to make informed buying decisions and help them seek out the right products for their needs.

Broadband Awards 2015

Congratulations to this year's winners:

About the awards:

uSwitch Broadband Awards winners are based on a combination of criteria, including consumer surveys, decisions from our expert judging panel, as well as statistics we gather from millions of speed tests we conduct on the site every year.

This year, we’ll once again poll over 3,000 bill-payers and broadband decision-makers through OnePoll to decide the best providers for value, customer service, TV and home phone.

To determine the fastest providers, we use data from the 2.6 million fibre, ADSL broadband speed tests conducted on our site annually for the most complete picture of broadband provision in the UK.

Thanks to our panel of judges

Our judges have been selected for the expertise in the broadband sector. Made up of some of the technology industry’s leading journalists, this year’s judging panel includes journalists from the BBC, The Independent, The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, Wired, CNET and PC Pro.

  • Victoria Woollaston

    Mail Online

    Victoria is Deputy Science and Technology Editor for MailOnline. A tech journalist for six years, she's worked at WebUser, as well as music and sport titles Golf Monthly and NME. She's been a gadget keeno ever since she was given a Gameboy and The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle game for Christmas 1989. She writes about the UK's broadband speeds - from the fast, to the slow, to the non-existent.

  • Stewart Mitchell

    PC Pro

    Stewart Mitchell is a technology expert who has covered broadband since 2000, constantly pushing for improvements from the industry and championing investment in infrastructure. He is a freelance journalist who writes for PC Pro.

  • Ben Woods

    The Next Web

    With several years' experience covering everything in the world of telecoms and mobility, Ben's your man if it involves a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or any other piece of tech small enough to carry around with you. He's also keenly interested in broadband issues, and has spent more time than strictly necessary testing out a multitude of software packages.

  • Richard Trenholm

    CNET

    Rich Trenholm is News and Features Editor at CNET, enjoyed by 120 million readers worldwide. He has covered the latest technology for nearly seven years, during which time he's gone questing for the coolest gadgets in places as far afield as Las Vegas, Tokyo and the mountains of Morocco.

  • Gordon Kelly

     

    Gordon Kelly is columnist for Forbes where he covers the world's biggest technology brands. Gordon is a tech industry veteran having worked in the sector since 2000 and has watched the rise of PC (eaten by laptops), laptops (eaten by tablets), tablets (eaten by phablets) and smartphones (awaiting consumption by wearables). Over the years Gordon has written for almost everyone, including the BBC, Wired and was a co-founder of TrustedReviews.

  • Dan Simmons

    BBC

    Dan has been reporting and producing the BBC’s flagship tech show, Click for more than 10 years. Specialising in mobile technology, he has reported on the introduction of all-you-can-eat data plans, touchscreens, fairer roaming charges, 4G, and travelled to Africa, Asia, and the Amazon rainforest to report on how mobile empowers different communities globally. This month he will mostly be wheeling around the world’s first 5G phone in a shopping trolley.

  • Martyn Landi

    Press Association

    Martyn Landi is the Press Association's Technology Correspondent, and is obsessed with all things app-related and wearable, having previously worked on Apps and iCreate Magazine. When not writing about tech you'll most likely find him glued to a games console or streaming service.

  • Emma Lunn

    National freelancer

    Emma is a freelance journalist specialising in personal finance. She writes about all areas of personal finance with a particular interest in communications, including helping consumers get the best deal for services such as broadband. She works regularly for national newspapers, trade and consumer magazines, and websites including The Guardian, The Times, The Daily/Sunday Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday and Scotland on Sunday.