Subjects Covered on The Money Pig
Some subjects are covered across more than one page. Each of the collections below gathers every page that touches one of them, so a provider or a panel can be read in full rather than in pieces.
Most of them are named after a single company. That is deliberate: a question about Sky Broadband or about InboxPounds rarely stops at the page carrying the name, because the useful answer usually sits partly in a comparison page and partly in an explainer. Gathering them under the subject saves working that out from a menu.
Each collection opens with two or three paragraphs on what the subject is and what has changed about it, then lists its pages. Where a brand has closed or been sold, and four of the broadband ones have, the collection says so at the top rather than leaving a reader to discover it three pages in.
The subjects, and how many pages each gathers
- Subjects
InboxPounds
The sterling-denominated survey panel, what it pays and how long the wait to a payout runs, across the three pages that cover it.
3 pagesInboxPounds review
What InboxPounds pays, what it pays in, and how long the wait to a payout runs.
2 pagesJohn Lewis Broadband review
The brand closed on 28 May 2024. These pages cover what happened and where its customers went.
3 pagesOrigin Broadband review
Origin is no longer selling broadband and its own domain no longer resolves. What happened, and what to do if you had an account.
3 pagesSky Broadband review
Sky retails over two different networks depending on the address, which is the first thing to establish.
3 pagesVirgin Media Broadband review
The one large provider running its own cable network, with the upload trade-off that comes with it.
3 pagesVodafone Broadband
Vodafone retails over both Openreach and CityFibre, so what it can sell you depends on your street.
3 pages
Other ways through the same pages
For the full list of everything published here, section by section, the guides index is the shorter route. The archive lists the same pages in one column, and sections groups them more broadly than by subject.