My elderly parents live in greater London, yet have terrible broadband available (10-16mbps max, with no plans to improve!) After a lot of reading on this site I bought them a Zyxel NR5103E router from CEX. I have them on an EE MVNO with the router achieving over 200mbps. They are living in a flat. I located the router near the window and TV. I told them to make sure they were happy with it for a couple of weeks before cancelling the broadband. They were apparently happy and cancelled... Read more ..read more

It's fact that all mobile providers have black-spots and no-one is offering 100% coverage. You might have managed to get one and have excellent coverage at home, but then going on a trip, find a nice place to eat/sleep, just to realize that your family can't reach you in case of an emergency. Yes you can ask for wifi, but that's not the case. i want to be reachable, without relying to wifi. It's 2025, 5G and it's benefits. Or you are going abroad to find out that roaming with your provider... Read more ..read more

I am on the verge of switching from Now TV (FTTC) to Community Fibre Essentials Broadband. With Now TV I have Broadband and PSTN phone line. I have been anticipating that I will go down the VOIP route (with Andrews & Arnold) once my CF Broadband is up and running. However, it has just dawned on me that there might be an issue regarding the VOIP option as my CF Internet will be CG-NAT. I assume any VOIP set-up I have would be using my old DECT phones and a Grandstream HT-801 ATA Is... Read more ..read more

Here is 2 photos of the Vodafone 5g masts that are live ,launching soon ,and coming in 2025 soon. All sites are on haven holiday parks ..read more

I was looking over mastdatabase and I am seeing a whole list entries all over Newcastle from Openreach all saying the following for them all "Access to BT boxes/Manholes to recover redundant cables and clear duct space, rolling works with no excavation" I was just curious. Does this mean they are removing all of the old copper cables and leaving only Fibre cables in these ducts? Does this truly mean every single person has now upgraded to FTTP in these regions in Newcastle that they... Read more ..read more

Hey folks. Just wanted to share some learnings from my attempts at shifting away from Virgin Media due to ridiculous renewal quotes and moving to a 5G connection. There were unlimited deals at £16 going for three the other week. Honestly has been a mixed bag for me. Mostly making this thread for folks to find on the net if they embark upon the same path. It started when I found that my Oppo Reno 8 could get about 200mb down and 10mb up in the garden with a signal around -99db. (Could get... Read more ..read more

Thinking of getting a TP link router, for FTTP but which one of these? first of all, these two for £110 (ish) TP-Link Archer AXE75 AXE5400Mbps WiFi 6E Router Tri-Band AXE5400 Tri-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi 6E Router Enjoy Wi-Fi 6E connectivity for every device with the Archer AXE75 tri-band Wi-Fi 6E router. www.tp-link.com Then TP Link Archer AX72 Pro AX5400 Multi-Gigabit WiFi 6 Router Featuring a 2.5G WAN/LAN port, 160 MHz bandwidth, and 1024-QAM, Archer AX72 Pro makes full use of gigabit speeds from your local ISP, delivering true gigabit speeds of up to 5.4 Gbps. www.tp-link.com and at ..read more

coveragemap.com is now supports the UK, pretty cool how you can upload your ookla speed tests and it'll popup on a map that you can interact with. here's how much thats been uploaded so far ..read more

I think the adverts on ISP review are getting a bit dodgy these days? It keeps setting my ESET Internet Security off with thread found/blocked. I know ads are needed to fund the site but at least keep them clean ..read more

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