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Why you need fibre optic broadband in 2013

Unless you use your internet connection purely for e-mails and other activities that do not require a lot of bandwidth, you could definitely do with a high-speed broadband upgrade.

Data now more important than minutes when choosing a mobile deal

It's not good to talk, say UK mobile phone owners, more than a quarter (26%) of whom chat for less than 30 minutes per month.

Struggling to budget

Millions of British adults are living ‘hand to mouth' and are ‘broke' by the end of the month, it was revealed today.

Travel companies to launch own-brand holiday SIM cards

As summer holiday sales continue to drop due to the UK’s summer sunshine struggling UK travel companies are being forced to greatly improve holiday deals.

Cashback customers collect over £24m in first half of 2013

Savvy Internet shoppers collecting cashback via websites such as Quidco, have pocketed an incredible £24m in the first half of 2013 new figures out today show.

Travellers can save £100's on data roaming with Globalgig hotspot

Globalgig offers global mobile data from just 2p/MB and the biggest expansion of countries to date offering consumers ‘1 plan with 1 price in 36 countries’.

BT supercharges BT Infinity packages

BT has reaffirmed its commitment to offer an unrivalled broadband experience with the news that, later this year it will launch the BT Home Hub 5 with all of its BT Infinity packages.

Ofcom proposes new prices for landline and broadband services

Telephone and broadband customers could see lower prices as a result of changes to wholesale charges proposed by Ofcom.

2013 school holidays to cost UK parents over £7 billion

Parents will spend nearly £1,000 per child on childcare, days out, treats and food over the school summer holidays, according to research by the Nationwide Building Society.

Parents unprepared for the cost of kids

With the Royal baby expected this month, new research from Santander Insurance reveals that the average parent believes they spend £537 per month raising their children.

Brits spend £12 billion in preparation for their summer holiday

New research from credit card company Capital One reveals holidaymakers’ extensive and costly efforts to prepare for their summer breaks, as they spend a collective £12 billion on clothes, beauty treatments, fitness regimes and other pre-holiday essentials.