David Kent

Your VPN works perfectly on home Wi-Fi. You step outside, switch to mobile data and suddenly it sits there saying Connecting… forever.  Annoying, but fairly common.  Usually, the problem is one of three…

A mobile number is no longer just for making calls. People use it to apply for jobs, speak to doctors, access banking, receive security codes, manage benefits and go online.…

Whether you are watching South Asian entertainment in the UK, livestreaming family events or making long video calls overseas, video needs a good connection at both ends. 5G cannot shorten…

A mobile hotspot can run a perfectly respectable remote office. Email, Slack, documents and video meetings can all work well over a solid 4G or 5G connection. The mistake is…

Your UK phone number becomes surprisingly valuable once you leave the UK. It may be connected to banks, WhatsApp, work accounts, government services and years of contacts. Protecting it means…

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…

Heavy streamers and content creators need more than a big data allowance. They need consistent 5G or strong 4G, decent upload performance, enough data and a backup connection when the main…

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…