Top 10 Broadband Awards Nominees

Over 1.5 million customer ratings and speed tests were conducted over the past 12 months to determine which of the nations best broadband and best mobile broadband suppliers would be nominated an annual independent Top 10 Broadband Awards.

Nominees will compete in 11 categories, including innovation, fastest service, customer satisfaction and best value.

Top 10 Broadband has collected a judging panal that will look closely at speed testing and customer services rating data, along with their products qualitative and quantitative scrutiny in order to draw up this list of nominees.

Virgin Media, 3 and O2 lead the nominations and are shortlisted in four categories. TalkTalk, O2, BT, T-Mobile and Vodafone are in joint second place with three nominations each.

Customers can continue to have their say on who wins the awards by testing their broadband speed and rating their ISP at Top 10 Broadband Speedtest.

Alex Buttle, director at Top 10 Broadband, said: “With the arrival of the Digital Britain report, the extensive roll out of super-fast home broadband and massive uptake of pay as you go mobile broadband dongles and other 3G devices, 2009 saw the broadband sector undergo some seismic changes.

“It’s important to recognise and award excellence in this heavily scrutinised industry; so we are delighted to be able to celebrate the companies whose commitment to innovation and excellence in the industry is helping to make the UK’s digital future a brighter and better place.”

Award nominations:

Best Broadband & Phone: BT, Post Office, TalkTalk

Best Broadband & TV: BT, Sky, Virgin Media

Fastest Home Broadband: O2, Be, Virgin Media

Fastest Mobile Broadband: 3, T-Mobile, Vodafone

Best Value Broadband: O2, PlusNet, TalkTalk

Best Value Mobile Broadband: 3, T-Mobile, Vodafone

Best Broadband and Laptop: 3, Orange, T-Mobile

Best-rated Home Broadband: O2, Be, PlusNet

Best-rated Mobile Broadband: Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone

Best Wireless Broadband: BT, O2, Virgin Media

Broadband Innovation Award: 3, TalkTalk, Virgin Media