Tag: post office
Delivery scam text links on rise again – and they’re more difficult to spot
Scam text messaging (smishing) is on the rise again as GCHQ warns that companies using shortened or unclear web links are making it more difficult for the public to spot the offenders. As part of measures to get tough on fraudsters, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, has published new advice for…
Post Office introduces EasyID app
The Post Office has announced that customers can now collect parcels and letters using an app on their phone to show their ID, instead of having to bring in a document such as a passport or driving licence. The Post Office EasyID app is designed to complement existing face-to-face verification. It's hoped it will make…
Broadband Genie names Hyperoptic fastest UK broadband provider
Hyperoptic has been named the fastest broadband provider in the UK in the annual Broadband Genie home broadband awards. Broadband Genie analysis of 91,000 speed tests carried out in 2019 found Hyperoptic had an average download speed of 211Mbps and an average upload speed of 166Mbps. However, Hyperoptic wasn’t the only ISP to be recognised…
Which? finds loyal broadband customers pay too much, suffer bad service
Broadband customers who do not switch are enduring “often terrible” customer service and potentially paying hundreds of pounds a year more than they need to with providers taking advantage of their loyalty, according to a consumer watchdog. Which? found that 71% of broadband customers have been with their provider for at least three years and…
Post Office to launch phone network
The Post Office has announced plans to launch a mobile phone network of its own, in a press release that inexplicably doesn’t include a pun about “first class service”. The new network will be an MVNO - a mobile virtual network operator. In other words, the company won’t be building transmitters but will instead be…
RUMOUR: Post Office to launch mobile network?
Ahh the Post Office. A British Institution, but increasingly outdated these days? I haven’t heard the phrase “snail mail” in a good long time. In an effort to stave off the dinosaur accusations, the Guardian reckon that the Post Office are soon to launch a mobile phone service to add to their broadband and home phone packages…
