Boosting Wi-Fi coverage and upgrading to the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology represent the best way that many broadband users can improve their home broadband network and significantly upgrade the Wi-Fi 5 router provided by their broadband provider. Here is our review of the modestly priced 3-pack NETGEAR Orbi Wi-Fi 6 system, which does just that for … Read more
In this article, we review the Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine (UDM) Pro, which is now our recommended router for 2021 for ultrafast broadband connections, as shown in our Best Routers for 2021 page. The UDM Pro is a great piece of equipment that seems to provide the ultimate future-proof ‘prosumer’ option for broadband users with … Read more
Our new recommended wireless router for conventional ADSL and fibre broadband Update: Read our Best Router Guide for our very latest product recommendations. Our new recommended wireless router is the Synology RT2600ac, which is a state-of-the-art wireless router that provides the capabilities we believe are necessary to get the very most from a broadband connection. … Read more
2021 update: Read our latest blog posts about Sky Q and other TV services Last year, we reviewed the BT Ultra HD (4k) TV service on its launch. We were very impressed with the image quality achieved with BT’s flagship Ultra HD football content. We now review Sky’s own Ultra HD service, which is delivered … Read more
Updated February 2021. This product is no longer commercially available. With all the press interest in superfast and ultrafast broadband technologies, it is easy to understand the frustrations for consumers and businesses that only have access to basic ADSL services with low speeds. Despite the rapid roll-out of superfast fixed broadband services, the Department of … Read more
For all our up-to-date articles on streamed TV services visit Blog Articles on Streamed TV. As described in our previous article HD and 4k Delivered by Fibre Broadband, Ultra HD content is developing nicely and BT has now arrived on the scene! BT has made a very promising start with the launch of the UK’s … Read more
Updated: The Billion 8800NL has been upgraded to the 8800NL V2, and now incorporates two external antennas to improve wireless range. We are really excited to bring you our review and optimisation guide for the new Billion BiPAC 8800NL wireless modem router. This new wireless modem router supports ADSL, ADSL2+ AND VDSL2 (i.e. fibre broadband) … Read more
New! For our latest recommendations, visit our Which Broadband Router Modem page. Particularly for broadband users living a significant distance from their BT exchange, the choice of modem router can make a substantial difference to the speeds that can be obtained on ADSL and ADSL2+ lines. Modem routers are certainly not all the same, and … Read more