Broadband Genie blog

  • Beginners' guide to online game servers

    Chances are, if you’re already a hardcore PC gamer then you’ll be familiar with the concept of rented game servers. For those of you that aren’t, this guide may prove helpful!  Most of us gamers have been left feeling massively frustrated while playing online.  You all understand the pain of a game of Battlefield or Call of Duty ruined by lag. It’s caused most...

    by Lewis Johnson on 02 February 2012 1 Comment

  • Head to Hollywood with Sky Movies

    If you're a movie fan, chances are you'd like a trip to Hollywood to see where it all happens. Well, thanks to Sky Movies, you've got a chance to win just that. As part of its big Christmas push, you could win a trip for four to LA, alongside a host of other prizes including Disney goody bags, HD flip cameras, video cameras, an Apple iPod Touch or free Sky Movies. You can enter the...

    by Chris Marling on 05 December 2011

  • Guest blog: Get superfast broadband wherever you are

    Guest blogger Paul Trunks works in tech support at Eclipse Broadband. Here he talks about bonded DSL; a genuine speed solution for those in areas that have poor maximum broadband speeds. Customers I speak to have one thing on their mind these days: how to get faster internet speeds to help grow their business. Superfast fibre broadband seems to be everywhere, right? Wrong. The bitter truth is,...

    01 December 2011

  • Smartphone review: The Apple iPhone 4S

    When it comes to Apple smartphones, I've hardly been the biggest advocate. While I like my iPod, the phones just haven't caught my eye.  So when we got the Apple iPhone 4S sent through to us from Three, I was hardly excited by the prospect of reviewing it. And it's not just an Apple phones thing; what you want is a handset you can use as you would normally to really put it...

    by Chris Marling on 25 November 2011 1 Comment

  • Smartphone review: The Samsung Galaxy Fit

    When it comes to Android smartphones, no one churns them out at quite the same rate as Samsung.  Blink and you've missed a few, it seems, with 2011 seeing on less than 1,567 different models coming off of the production line (Ok, maybe not quite that many). We've already looked at some fantastic budget Samsung smartphone bargains this year, with particular credit going to the Samsung...

    by Chris Marling on 18 November 2011

  • Guest blog: Broadband advice for freelancers and remote workers

    This guest post was written by Hannah Smith of SimplyBusiness.co.uk, a specialist broker who offer freelancers and small businesses a range of products and services including Public Liability Insurance. It’s all going swimmingly. You’re on schedule, it’s Friday and you’re just about to hit “send” when a red light comes on on your router. You’re offline. You...

    28 October 2011

  • Guest blog: How to speed up your broadband connection

    Guest blogger Armand David is CTO and Associate Director at Tech PR agency Brands2Life and longtime tech and media blogger at division6.co.uk. He lives in Hampshire, slightly further away from the DSL exchange than comfortable. You can tweet him division6 Many of you, like me, struggle from countryside speed and quality limited broadband connections. You're just too far from the DSL exchange...

    23 September 2011 2 Comments

  • T-Mobile's Hug a Traffic Warden campaign

    T-Mobile's latest TV advert, being aired this evening at 9.15pm on C5, is a bit of a departure from the mobile provider's previous flash-mob style adverts.   The stunt features a series of comic encounters between motorists returning to their parked cars, and teams of fake traffic wardens.  The traffic wardens have been placing reverse fines on car windscreens across the...

    by Gillian Nightingale on 16 September 2011 2 Comments

  • Broadband security - Change your router password as soon as possible!

    Guest blogger Ben Lacey from Lacey Tech Solutions offers some practical password security guidelines for your router! Modern wireless routers come shipped with a default user account and password to access the router's configuration page, if the default account password isn't changed then a potential hacker could gain access to your router and have complete control or access to your internet...

    13 September 2011 2 Comments

  • Review: Three MiFi E586

    Summary: Three MiFi (Huawei E586) Price: Unconfirmed. Coming soon Pros: More style (again), plus a handy cradle; a real dongle beater Cons: 3G mobile broadband speed and reliability; confusing documents In Brief: The latest 3 MiFi lets you get online with more than one device over...

    by Chris Marling on 08 September 2011