Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

The Christmas period brings about Black Friday sales to many broadband providers and is a great opportunity for you to snag a deal. If you do this early enough in the period you will be able to take advantage of deals a year or two later when a 12- or 24-month contract comes up for […]

Earlier this year, we launched a new feature, ‘Postcode Subscriptions’, on our website to allow people to monitor a postcode for changes to broadband availability and we wanted to remind you to sign up if you haven’t already! We have offered a broadband availability postcode search, which provides information about what broadband services are available in your […]

For years, broadband performance has been judged largely by speed tests. But as our Broadband Quality Monitor demonstrates, speed alone doesn’t tell the full story. Latency, jitter and packet loss – factors that directly affect video calls, gaming and streaming – are often the real cause of poor online experiences, even on fast connections. If […]

A big milestone has been reached in the Shared Rural Network upgrade programme with 100 masts upgraded to support 4G service from all the mobile networks. These upgrades mean people will experience dead zones for mobile service less frequently, or experience the common thing of a friends phone on a different network working perfectly well. […]

It appears Voneus is rejigging its wireless network in Pembrokeshire and as a result some 45 properties in the Mathry and Castle Morris area will lose their wireless service. ISPreview has published a copy of the email that has been sent out, with customers being given just 45 days notice, which means service termination on […]

A brief selection of news that we haven’t covered this week EE partners with Debrett’s and Grime Gran to launch Mind Your Manners guide to shut down scammers EE is seeing one million scam calls every day and has decided to partner with etiquette experts Debrett’s and Grime Gran to launch a modern etiquette guide […]

The Vodafone Ultra Hub 7 router just got a bit smarter for new and existing customers with the addition of an extra feature at no extra cost. The Vodafone Who’s Home feature tracks opted-in WiFi devices as they arrive and leave the home, with who ever has access to the Vodafone Broadband App for that […]