David Kent

If you change countries every month, relying on normal roaming for everything is rarely the smartest setup. The better approach is usually a three-part system: keep your home number active, buy…

A refurbished phone can be a cracking way to save money. You get a handset that may have cost £800 or £1,000 when new without paying new-phone money, and you…

Best Network Solutions for Heavy Streamers and Content Creators Heavy streamers and content creators need more than a big data allowance. They need consistent 5G or strong 4G, decent upload performance,…

Family mobile bills get expensive when everybody ends up on a plan chosen independently.  Dad has unlimited data but uses 6GB. One teenager has 20GB and runs out every month.…

Keeping a second international number can be useful if you live abroad but still need access to banking texts, family calls, old contacts or business accounts back home.  It can also become…

Social media can chew through mobile data far faster than people expect.  It is not usually the odd photo doing the damage. It is autoplay video, Reels, Stories, TikToks, livestreams and that harmless-looking five-minute scroll that…

For business calls, don’t choose a SIM by looking at data allowance alone.  VoLTE, Wi-Fi Calling and good local coverage matter far more to voice quality than having another 100GB…

Unlimited data has changed the way people use their phones.  Nobody wants to stop halfway through a film to check whether they’ve got 1.7GB left. If a plan says unlimited, people quite…

Moving to the UK comes with enough expenses before your phone bill gets involved.  Deposit. Rent. Travel card. Bedding you somehow need to buy again. Then someone offers you a shiny mobile…

A mobile Wi-Fi router is one of the easiest ways to get internet without waiting for fibre, booking an engineer or turning your phone into a permanent hotspot.  Pop in a compatible SIM,…

For a delivery driver, losing mobile data is more than a minor annoyance.  The sat nav can stop updating. A delivery app may refuse to load the next address. Proof-of-delivery…

Internet cafés can still come in handy when you are backpacking around Europe.  Maybe your phone is nearly dead. Maybe the hostel Wi-Fi is having one of those days. Or perhaps you just need to print…