Brits waste nearly £480m on unused landlines each year According to the study, a quarter of people don’t use a landline because they’re “fed up” of cold calls and scammers Almost £480 million is being wasted every year by customers paying for landlines that they do not use, according to a comparethemarket.com study. The research…
Premium rate fraudsters There seems to be an endless growth in illegal sites who aim to make money by claiming to be associated with HMRC The Government announced recently that it had scuppered one of these schemes. According to HMRC: Scammers create websites that look similar to HMRC’s official site and then direct the public…
Consumers advised to update router password to boost network security Ministers want to improve the security of connected devices in homes. The government has urged broadband customers to update the password on their home router to make it more secure. According to official estimates, every household in the UK owns at least ten internet-connected devices,…
New broadband speed advertising rules come into force The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has pledged to make sure broadband consumers are not misled by speed claims in ads, following the introduction of new rules. Providers had been allowed to advertise broadband speeds if they were available to ten percent of their customers. However, from May…