Broadband News

Virgin Media broadband speed tiers are six cable packages named M125, M250, M350, M500, Gig1 and Gig2, with advertised average download speeds of 132Mbps, 264Mbps, 362Mbps, 516Mbps, 1,130Mbps and 2,000Mbps. For a household that games, streams in 4K and works from home across several devices at once, the download number is only half the story: […]

Local network vs ISP speed comes down to which of two bottlenecks is slower: the connection your broadband provider delivers to your home, or the wiring, router and Wi-Fi inside it. Your real-world speed is capped by whichever is worse, so a gigabit tariff can still feel slow if an old router or a weak […]

To improve broadband speed the fastest way is to run a speed test on your line, check whether it is below the speed your provider promised, and either force a fix under Ofcom’s rules or move to a faster full fibre package. For a heavy user gaming, streaming and working from home, real-world speed depends […]

TalkTalk Full Fibre 65 is a full fibre (FTTP) broadband plan with an average download speed of around 65 Mbps, priced from about £26 a month on a 24-month contract with no setup fee (TalkTalk, August 2026). It suits households that stream, video-call and browse across several devices at once, and TalkTalk says the line […]

Watch Crunchyroll on almost any UK home broadband connection: the service streams anime at up to 1080p, so an entry-level fibre package of around 36 Mbps easily handles a single stream. The real limit is not Crunchyroll but how many other people in your home are streaming, gaming or on video calls at the same […]

TalkTalk vs Sky broadband usually comes down to a trade-off between price and product range: TalkTalk tends to show lower headline full fibre pricing, while Sky offers more speed tiers and a low-cost social tariff. As displayed on the TalkTalk deals page last updated 12/08/2026, one full fibre example started at £29.95 a month on […]