Broadband
Virgin Media to hike prices by up to £54/year
Most Virgin Media broadband, TV and home phone customers will see price increases of up to £54/year from this autumn
1 July 2019
Broadband slow? You've now more rights
Major broadband providers now have to give customers a minimum guaranteed speed before they sign up – and if speeds subsequently drop and cannot be fixed within one month, you'll be able to ditch your contract penalty-free.
12 March 2019
BT promises a year without broadband or phone price hikes
BT says prices for its millions of broadband, mobile or line rental customers will be frozen until March 2020
15 January 2019
Fibre deals are getting cheaper – stop overpaying for broadband
The cheapest fibre broadband deals have dropped to the lowest in years at under £19/mth, new research from MoneySavingExpert.com reveals – check now if you're paying too much
9 November 2018
Three advert banned for claiming customers could use phones abroad at 'no extra cost'
The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the advert could not appear again in its current form
17 October 2018
Zen tops our broadband customer service poll - where does your provider rank?
Relative minnow Zen has been voted number one for customer service by MSE users in our recent poll, while TalkTalk languishes at the bottom despite an improvement on last time.
10 September 2018
Virgin Media to hit customers with 4.5% price hike
Virgin Media has announced a new price hike for its broadband, phone and TV customers
15 August 2018
UKTV channels return to Virgin Media
UKTV channels will once again be available to Virgin Media customers, after the two firms negotiated a deal
13 August 2018
Premier League football comes to Amazon Prime
Online giant Amazon has today bought the rights to 20 live Premier League matches per season.
7 June 2018
6.5 MILLION could be overpaying for their broadband - check now if you can save
Around 6.5 million customers in the UK are likely to be paying too much for their broadband
18 May 2018
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24 January 2020
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Sonos to stop updating old speakers – your rights
24 January 2020
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23 January 2020
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Parents who lose a child to get two weeks of leave under new law
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22 January 2020
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Martin Lewis VIDEO: Should you pay off your Plan 1 student loan?
7 January 2020
If you started university between 1998 and 2012, or since then in Scotland and Northern Ireland, you'll have a Plan 1 student loan. While much is written about whether those with savings should overpay the current English Plan 2 student loans, there's little out there about Plan 1. I wanted to change that, so here's a video explaining how to decide... -
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