You’re in the middle of a ten-hour Netflix binge when the Wi-Fi suddenly goes on the blink… literally. You bend down to look at your Sky Hub and...
Tag - broadband
From May 2018, broadband providers must be more honest about their advertised speeds. Instead of advertising speeds that only 10% of their customers could ever...
This post was updated on 7 March 2019. How best to describe 5G? You know that creature in Harry Potter that, when you look at it, adopts whatever form you fear...
Nobody’s using your internet connection at 3am, so why shouldn’t you save some electricity and switch off your BT Home Hub – or any other...
Big Tech Question’s first rule of technology: anything that describes itself as ‘smart’ is invariably dumber than a Hollyoaks Christmas...
The broadband industry is full of pathological liars. “Unlimited” tariffs are usually nothing of the sort and quoted line speeds are award-winning...
If you’ve ever wanted to check how fast your internet connection is, only to be faced with weird terminology such as ‘ping’, then we feel your pain. ‘What does...
Is it mad to ban encryption? The TL;DR answer is, of course, yes. Bonkers. The background to this hypothetical question is the significant amount of discussion...
We’re not sure. And neither, more worryingly, is BT. I recently signed a new two-year deal with BT Broadband, and as part of the deal I negotiated that...
It sounds like an advanced yoga move, and it’s certainly every bit as painful if you ever have to deal with it. BT Openreach is the part of BT...
