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ISP News Archives for March 14, 2012

Internet Central Brings 40Mbps Wireless Broadband to Cheshire and Staffordshire

14th Mar 2012 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Internet Central (IC) has launched a new superfast wireless (WiFi) broadband service called IC-air, which offers download speeds of up to 40Mbps (Megabits per second) to homes and businesses in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire areas.

UPD Marks and Spencer UK Stores Trial FREE Wireless WiFi Internet Access

14th Mar 2012 (0 Comments)

The Cloud (BSkyB), a public UK WiFi Hotspot operator, has announced that the popular Marks and Spencer (M&S) high street retail chain has begun trials of a free wireless internet service across 10 of its stores.

MetroNet UK Expands Fibre and Wireless Broadband Network into Crewe

14th Mar 2012 (0 Comments)

ISP Metronet UK has announced that its next generation fibre optic and wireless broadband network has been expanded to cover businesses in Crewe (Cheshire) and the surrounding area.

UK ISP Ask4 Expands 50Mbps Broadband Service to Leeds Apartment Block

14th Mar 2012 (0 Comments)

Sheffield-based ISP Ask4 has once again expanded its uncapped 50Mbps (Megabits per second) broadband service, this time to 20:20 House in Leeds, which claims to be a prestigious development of 242 high-specification apartments, micropads and also includes commercial office space.

UK Government Admits Broadband Availability Maps Exclude Wireless Services

14th Mar 2012 (5 Comments)

The governments Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) office, which wants 90% of people to be within reach of a superfast broadband (24Mbps+) service by 2015, has confirmed that its maps of national broadband availability (example) could be seriously flawed because they often exclude wireless networks (WiFi, WiMAX etc.) and instead focus on fixed line ISP connectivity.

UPD NextGenUs UK CIC Runs Out of Money for Rural Broadband Initiative

14th Mar 2012 (4 Comments)

NextGenUs UK CIC, a community focused broadband developer that hoped to bring superfast internet services to rural areas via a mix of fibre optic and wireless (WiFi) connections, has issued a general notice to creditors and customers informing them that the group has effectively run out of money. NextGenUs claims to have “exhausted all serious discussions with potential investors” and are “unable to secure any other viable sources of finance“.

BE Wholesale UK Renames to O2 Wholesale and Launches Ethernet Products

14th Mar 2012 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP supplier BE Wholesale, the wholesale business division of home internet provider BE Broadband, has officially joined the brand of its parent company O2 UK (Telefonica) by renaming to O2 Wholesale. Consumer ISP BE Broadband has been quick to clarify that the change “doesn’t affect us or our members at all“.

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