When internet connectivity first entered our homes, its only real function was to allow a desktop computer to go online for web browsing.
How times change.
Today, we expect near-instant internet connectivity from a plethora of devices, from...
You don’t have to be a professional footballer to find contract negotiations uniquely stressful.
Renegotiating a broadband contract could also trigger feelings of anxiety and stress.
Yet the alternative might be spiralling annual contract...
If your house is situated on Main Street or London Road, you probably don’t need to worry too much about broadband availability.
On the other hand, if you live in a house named Cliff Edge or Sleepy Hollow, you’re probably quite familiar...
It’s a measure of our reliance on broadband that news of price rises is met with a collective sigh of resignation, rather than vocal protests or threats to cancel our services.
Last week, both TalkTalk and BT announced their intention to ...
The phrase ‘Internet of Things’ has entered public consciousness in recent years, with some people suggesting its impact could rival the internet itself in terms of significance.
The IoT is defined in dictionaries as the networking capa...
Until recently, the idea of gigabit broadband might have seemed as fanciful as a jumbo jet made out of flowers.
Yet the truth is often stranger than fiction.
Having already progressed from tediously slow and line-hogging dial-up to comforta...
The days of laptops being heavy and sluggish desktop impersonators are behind us, as a new generation of hardware reaches the market.
Streaming media addicts use affordable Chromebooks, fashionistas flock to MacBooks, and everyone else gets...
Have you connected your home to the Internet of Things yet?
If you have smart devices like doorbells that let you see who’s calling via a smartphone app, or a heating system that knows when to adjust its own temperature, the answer is ...
To inexperienced consumers, the broadband industry can seem unnecessarily complicated.
It’s liberally sprinkled with acronyms and abbreviations like Mbps, GHz and FTTP.
Some people also struggle to distinguish between Openreach and cable ...
The router supplied by your broadband provider is intended to provide rapid connectivity throughout the home, so anything less than that will be a disappointment.
Unfortunately, disappointment is a regular phenomenon when using generic rout...
