Broadband

Virgin Media is offering a free upgrade to its TV box which lets you record six channels while watching a seventh - but here's why you need to check you're on the best deal first.

Adverts from broadband providers will soon have to show the average rather than the top speeds they offer, under new rules to take effect from next May.

EE is to hike the monthly cost of some broadband and landline packages and some call costs from 17 January - though it won't yet give full info on what's changing.

BT has warned it's hiking some broadband prices by up to £30 a year in January, and that some BT Sport customers will have to pay up to £36 extra a year.

Millions of BT broadband customers are having their internet speed, data allowance and cloud storage boosted this autumn – and they won't have to pay anything for it.

Sky is offering all its TV and broadband customers a free film as part of the launch of a new loyalty scheme – but it's not enough in its own right to make it worth sticking with the giant in the long term.

Five million Virgin Media home phone, broadband and TV customers will be hit with price rises of up to 5% from November – but follow our tricks to beat the hike.

Telecoms provider TalkTalk is to raise prices from 1 August, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal, with some broadband customers set to pay an extra £21/year and mobile customers facing an increase of up to £30/year. Yet it's possible to beat the hikes – you can quit your contract penalty-free or try to haggle a better deal.

Plusnet has become the latest home phone and broadband supplier to push up its prices for line rental, with customers facing a £1/month rise next month. But if you're affected and can find a better deal elsewhere, you can leave your contract penalty-free - or if you're willing to stay, you can beat the hike by haggling.