Tricks to make your broadband faster at home – and ones that definitely won’t work

With more households staying at home to work and children off school due to the ongoing pandemic, internet and mobile speeds are more stretched than ever before. As a result, many may find their broadband is lagging and will be looking for ways to improve it.   While telecoms companies are constantly monitoring traffic on their … Read more

BBC suggests adding TV licence fee to people’s BROADBAND bills

BBC suggests adding TV licence fee to people’s BROADBAND bills as it says decriminalising non-payment will cost it £1billion in five years Broadcaster told ministers viewers would suffer if the income stream was taken If licence was decriminalised, two alternative civil systems have been suggested  One is a civil penalty model, the other a civil … Read more

BBC suggests adding TV licence fee to people’s BROADBAND bills

BBC suggests adding TV licence fee to people’s BROADBAND bills as it says decriminalising non-payment will cost it £1billion in five years Broadcaster told ministers viewers would suffer if the income stream was taken If licence was decriminalised, two alternative civil systems have been suggested  One is a civil penalty model, the other a civil … Read more

Household bills to rise: Council tax, broadband and stamps will rise on 1 April 2020

April 1 is traditionally known as April Fool’s Day – but millions of households won’t be laughing when they realise it is a day that many bills will rise steeply. It will see council tax, water bills, TV licences and mobile bills, as well as a number of other household bills, rise significantly. Motorists will … Read more

British broadband and mobile internet providers see a surge in data usage

Mobile networks and internet providers in the UK are being urged to relax their data limitations as millions of Britons work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic.  The pandemic has shut down much of the world and millions of British adults and children are now spending increased periods of time inside their homes.   Internet suppliers are … Read more

Will broadband and energy firms help people stuck at home by coronavirus? 

Millions of people are expected to work from home in the coming months in a bid to shelter from the coronavirus pandemic which has swept the country. While this means many could save on travel costs, it is also the case that households will be increasingly reliant on home broadband, landline and mobile connections – … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Broadband providers ‘ready’ for home-working

UK broadband providers including BT and Sky insist they will be able to support millions of people working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, despite experts previously warning that the networks ‘won’t cope’ with the extra traffic. The UK government has predicted up to a fifth of the UK’s workforce could be sick during the … Read more