IPv6 in United KingdomThese graphs show the evolution of default protocol, v6 address types, and average bandwidth in United Kingdom over time.
They are generated using the data collected by the ipv6-test.com connection test page, and are updated on a monthly basis.
This graph shows the evolution of IPv6 support vs IPv4 for all our connection test.
The numbers are percentages, so we can expect almost 100% of hosts supporting IPv4 with a slow growth for IPv6.
| ISP | IPv6 tests count | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bt Uk | 2,104 |
| 2. | Sky Broadband | 704 |
| 3. | Hurricane Electric LLC | 665 |
| 4. | Aaisp | 447 |
| 5. | Zen Internet Limited | 423 |
| 6. | Hyperoptic Ltd | 252 |
| 7. | IDnet | 132 |
| 8. | Uk-global | 130 |
| 9. | EE Limited | 125 |
| 10. | Linode | 110 |
| 11. | 31173 Services AB | 93 |
| 12. | T-Mobile (UK) Limited | 92 |
| 13. | M247 Ltd | 74 |
| 14. | Iomart Hosting Ltd | 71 |
| 15. | Uk-tm | 67 |
| 16. | Mythic Beasts | 67 |
| 17. | Obenetwork AB | 56 |
| 18. | Portfast Ltd | 46 |
| 19. | Andrews & Arnold Ltd | 46 |
| 20. | Obenetwork | 43 |
| 21. | ENTANET International Limited | 29 |
| 22. | Virgin Media | 28 |
| 23. | Melbourne Server Hosting Ltd | 25 |
| 24. | Ohuk-btw | 19 |
| 25. | Choopa | 19 |
This graph shows the evolution of IPv6 support vs IPv4 for unique users of our connection test.
The numbers are percentages, so we can expect a slow growth towards 50% v4 / 50% v6.
| ISP | Unique IPv6 addresses | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bt Uk | 933 |
| 2. | Sky Broadband | 380 |
| 3. | Hurricane Electric LLC | 263 |
| 4. | Aaisp | 210 |
| 5. | Zen Internet Limited | 200 |
| 6. | Hyperoptic Ltd | 141 |
| 7. | EE Limited | 95 |
| 8. | T-Mobile (UK) Limited | 70 |
| 9. | IDnet | 60 |
| 10. | M247 Ltd | 42 |
| 11. | Uk-tm | 33 |
| 12. | Andrews & Arnold Ltd | 26 |
| 13. | Uk-global | 22 |
| 14. | Virgin Media | 20 |
| 15. | Linode | 20 |
| 16. | ENTANET International Limited | 15 |
| 17. | Obenetwork AB | 12 |
| 18. | Obenetwork | 12 |
| 19. | Portfast Ltd | 12 |
| 20. | 31173 Services AB | 11 |
| 21. | Choopa | 10 |
| 22. | Mythic Beasts | 8 |
| 23. | TxRx Communications Ltd | 8 |
| 24. | Jisc Services Limited | 6 |
| 25. | Digital Ocean | 6 |
This graph shows the percentage of browsers that default to IPv6 vs. IPv4 when visiting the ipv6-test connection test.
Hopefully, in the not so distant future, the v6 part will grow taller than the v4 one.
This graph shows the percentage of browsers that default to IPv6 vs. IPv4 for users that have both v4 and v6 connectivity.
Usually a system will default to v6 when it's available, but in some cases with tunneled connections, v4 stays the default.
| ISP | Test count | IPv4 | IPv4 % | IPv6 | IPv6 % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Call Flow Solutions Ltd | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 100.0% |
| 2. | Microsoft Limited | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 100.0% |
| 3. | iomart Cloud Services Limited. | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 100.0% |
| 4. | 1&1 Internet SE | 18 | 0 | 0.0% | 18 | 100.0% |
| 5. | Melbourne Server Hosting Ltd | 25 | 0 | 0.0% | 25 | 100.0% |
| 6. | Redstation Limited | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 100.0% |
| 7. | 4D Address | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 100.0% |
| 8. | LCHost | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 100.0% |
| 9. | Schlund | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 100.0% |
| 10. | Edinburgh Hacklab Ltd | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 100.0% |
| 11. | Jisc Services Limited | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 100.0% |
| 12. | T-Mobile (UK) Limited | 92 | 1 | 1.1% | 91 | 98.9% |
| 13. | Iomart Hosting Ltd | 71 | 1 | 1.4% | 70 | 98.6% |
| 14. | Uk-tm | 67 | 1 | 1.5% | 66 | 98.5% |
| 15. | Obenetwork AB | 56 | 1 | 1.8% | 55 | 98.2% |
| 16. | EE Limited | 125 | 4 | 3.2% | 121 | 96.8% |
| 17. | Hyperoptic Ltd | 252 | 13 | 5.2% | 239 | 94.8% |
| 18. | TxRx Communications Ltd | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | 16 | 94.1% |
| 19. | Bt Uk | 2,104 | 135 | 6.4% | 1,969 | 93.6% |
| 20. | IDnet | 132 | 11 | 8.3% | 121 | 91.7% |
| 21. | Uk-global | 130 | 11 | 8.5% | 119 | 91.5% |
| 22. | Mythic Beasts | 67 | 6 | 9.0% | 61 | 91.0% |
| 23. | Structured Comminications Global | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | 10 | 90.9% |
| 24. | Sky Broadband | 704 | 66 | 9.4% | 638 | 90.6% |
| 25. | Digitalfyre | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | 8 | 88.9% |
This graph illustrates the connection speed gap between IPv4 and IPv6, numbers represent v6 speed as percentage of v4 speed.
The lower IPv6 speeds are often caused by tunneling overhead or insufficient v6 connectivity or peering capacity at ISPs.
| ISP | Test count | IPv6 average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Call Flow Solutions Ltd | 7 | 194.0 Mbps |
| 2. | Hyperoptic Ltd | 252 | 151.2 Mbps |
| 3. | IDnet | 132 | 50.5 Mbps |
| 4. | Purebroadband (Infrastructure) Ltd | 6 | 47.0 Mbps |
| 5. | Zen Internet Limited | 423 | 45.0 Mbps |
| 6. | EE Limited | 125 | 43.0 Mbps |
| 7. | Bt Uk | 2,104 | 42.7 Mbps |
| 8. | 31173 Services AB | 93 | 42.5 Mbps |
| 9. | Uk-tm | 67 | 35.3 Mbps |
| 10. | Hurricane Electric LLC | 665 | 31.0 Mbps |
| 11. | Portfast Ltd | 46 | 30.9 Mbps |
| 12. | Aaisp | 447 | 27.1 Mbps |
| 13. | Andrews & Arnold Ltd | 46 | 26.9 Mbps |
| 14. | Linode | 110 | 26.5 Mbps |
| 15. | M247 Ltd | 74 | 26.5 Mbps |
| 16. | ENTANET International Limited | 29 | 23.6 Mbps |
| 17. | Sky Broadband | 704 | 23.5 Mbps |
| 18. | T-Mobile (UK) Limited | 92 | 15.6 Mbps |
| 19. | Virgin Media | 28 | 11.1 Mbps |
| 20. | Clouvider Limited | 9 | 9.3 Mbps |
| 21. | Core-Backbone | 5 | 7.0 Mbps |
| 22. | UK Dedicated Servers Limited | 5 | 2.2 Mbps |
| 23. | Ovh | 5 | 0.9 Mbps |
| 24. | Mythic Beasts | 67 | 0.0 Mbps |
| 25. | Obenetwork | 43 | 0.0 Mbps |