Broadband & Connectivity

Over the Back Fence: A Hull Terrace Guide to the Wi-Fi Names Around You

Your neighbours' Wi-Fi names are not just daft puns and default router labels. In Hull's terraced streets they are a rough map of crowded channels, lazy security and the occasional network you should definitely not join. Here is how to read the airwaves and tidy up your own signal.

Nov 8, 2026

Fibre on the Leaflet, Fibre in the Wall: A Hull Household's Guide to the KCOM, Connexin and MS3 Crowd

Hull's broadband market is busier than most, and a leaflet promising 'full fibre' tells you almost nothing about how the connection will behave in a terraced house. Here is a plain-English tour of the local names, a ten-minute way to work out whether the fault is your router, your Wi-Fi or the line, and a switching checklist worth following.

Nov 8, 2026