Broadband News

To watch Hayu in the UK you have three main routes: a standalone Hayu subscription streamed over any broadband connection, a NOW membership add-on, or bundled inside a larger Sky TV package. Hayu is a reality-TV streaming service carrying franchises like The Real Housewives, Below Deck and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and it works […]

18 month broadband deals are contracts that lock you in for a year and a half, sitting between the shorter 12-month term and the longer 24-month term that many providers now push. For most UK households, an 18-month contract is the middle-ground choice: it usually buys a lower monthly price than a rolling deal, without […]

BT Fibre 1 broadband packages give you an average download speed of 50Mbps on a 24-month contract, priced from £24.99 a month for the first two years with £0 upfront in most current deals. It sits between BT’s Fibre Essential (36Mbps) and Fibre 2 (67Mbps) as an entry-level superfast option for smaller households. Fibre 1 […]

The best broadband setup for students in 2026 depends on three things: how long your tenancy runs, how many people share the connection, and whether full fibre reaches your address. Get those right and a shared house can have fast, reliable WiFi for a few pounds a month each. Most students fall into one of […]

You cannot watch Peacock directly in the UK: the standalone Peacock service closed to UK viewers on 9 January 2024, and the app was removed from all Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q boxes on that date. If a page tells you Peacock is still live on Sky or NOW, it is out of […]

Local network vs ISP speed comes down to two separate bottlenecks: the speed your provider delivers to the front of your house, and the speed your own router, Ethernet ports and Wi-Fi can carry once it is inside. Your real-world broadband speed is whichever of those two is lower, so a 2Gbps line running through […]