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has acquired TalkTalk’s consumer and wholesale businesses. The regulatory review continues, while BT says TalkTalk customers’ service, price and contract arrangements remain unchanged for now.

Vodafone and Nokia tested 50G-PON at Newbury. The lab trial checked whether it could coexist with current fibre technology, not launch 50Gbps home broadband.

Ofcom issues a record Virgin Media £28m fine after uncovering deliberate tactics to stop customers from cancelling their broadband contracts. Learn how to bypass retention agents.

New independent speed test data exposes the UK towns worst affected by evening broadband congestion. Learn how the 9pm copper crash hits your speeds.

A new parliamentary bill aims to ban fixed mid-contract broadband price rises. Discover how the £4 flat hikes work and how to lock in a fixed-price deal today.

What is Bufferbloat and How Do Smart Routers Fix It? You know the exact feeling. You sit down for a critical video call and everything looks fine. Someone else in your home starts downloading a massive video game update. Your connection instantly freezes. You might ask yourself what is bufferbloat? It is the sudden, severe […]

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is a security system that requires more than one method of authentication from independent categories of credentials to verify the user’s identity for a login or other transaction. This added layer of protection helps to ensure that the user is who they claim to be by requiring more than […]

Lightspeed Broadband Review – Is Lightspeed broadband any good? If you live in the East of England or the Midlands, you have likely noticed the purple vans parked on verges and the new cabinets appearing on street corners. LightSpeed Broadband isn’t just another company reselling the same old BT Openreach wires. They are an independent […]

Have you ever felt like your internet just isn’t keeping up with you? Maybe you’re in the middle of streaming your favourite show, and suddenly it’s buffering endlessly. Or perhaps you’re working from home, and your video calls keep dropping. We’ve all been there, and it’s downright frustrating. The thing is, a proper WiFi installation can […]

WiFi Booster and WiFi Extender Guide: Fix Your Dead Spots Properly in Poor Wi-Fi is one of the most complained-about broadband problems in the UK. Research from Ofcom consistently shows that in-home Wi-Fi issues, including slow speeds, dead spots and unreliable connections, affect millions of households annually, and it’s often nothing to do with the […]

Openreach is offering network providers a £50 incentive for every new full fibre customer they sign up in specific UK postcodes. This new wholesale plan triggers a direct Openreach Virgin Media price competition starting on…

What is XGS-PON? The 10G Symmetric Fibre Tech Explained XGS-PON stands for 10-Gigabit Symmetric Passive Optical Network. It delivers symmetrical 10Gbps speeds over fibre, enabling multi-gigabit residential and business broadband. Openreach, CityFibre, Hyperoptic, YouFibre and nexfibre are rolling it out across the UK. If you have been shopping for broadband recently, you might have seen […]

Plusnet Broadband Review: Is Plusnet broadband any good? Searching for the ideal broadband provider in the UK can feel a little overwhelming. With so many options available, a thorough Plusnet broadband review is essential to help you decide if this popular Internet Service Provider is the right choice for you. Plusnet, a subsidiary of the […]