Broadband News

Vodafone vs BT broadband usually comes down to price against nationwide reach: Vodafone tends to undercut BT at matching speeds, while BT has the broadest availability and its own well-regarded router. Both providers run over the Openreach network in most areas, so the physical line into your home is often identical. The real differences sit […]

Plusnet Full Fibre 145 is a full fibre (FTTP) broadband package with a 145Mb average estimated download speed and unlimited usage, aimed at homes that stream in 4K, game online and work from home at the same time. It runs over the Openreach fibre-to-the-premises network, which brings a fibre cable directly into the property rather […]

Vodafone Full Fibre 500 is a fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband plan that delivers average download speeds of around 500Mbps over a full fibre line. As of 14 September 2026, Vodafone advertises full fibre from £24 a month on a 24-month contract, with the exact price depending on the speed tier and your address, according to Vodafone’s […]

A broadband outage means a total loss of internet or landline service, not just a slow or unreliable connection, and the single most important thing to do is report the fault to your provider the day it happens. Under Ofcom’s Automatic Compensation Scheme, the repair clock only starts when you report the fault, so an […]

Plusnet vs TalkTalk broadband comes down to price and contract flexibility more than raw speed, because both run over the same Openreach full-fibre network in most postcodes. Plusnet’s lower and mid-tier full-fibre examples tend to be cheaper on the monthly price, while TalkTalk sells only on longer 24-month contracts with no setup fee. Both are […]

BT Home Essentials broadband packages are discounted social tariffs for people receiving Universal Credit and certain other benefits, priced from around £15 a month for 16 Mbps up to around £25 a month for 67 Mbps (BT, August 2026). A social tariff is a cheaper broadband and phone package that a provider offers only to […]