The average residential UK broadband speed reached 14.7Mbit/s in May 2013, Ofcom research reveals. Ofcom's latest report into fixed-line residential broadband speeds shows that the average actual UK speed has risen by 22% (2.7Mbit/s) in the six months to May 2013, and 64% (5.7Mbit/s) in the year since May 2012.