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Rural ISP Wessex Internet (M12 Solutions) has announced that their alternative hybrid superfast wireless broadband (50Mbps) and fibre optic network has been expanded to cater for residents of a small rural village in Dorset (England) called Hilton.
Do you own one of those swanky, if not entirely necessary, Kettles with built-in WiFi (e.g. iKettle)? The chances are that you don’t, but if you did then you’d need to be careful because ethical hackers in London are showing just how easy it is to steal your home network key (PSK).
Telecoms giant Vodafone has today published a detailed summary of their submission to Ofcom’s Strategic Review, which is considering whether or not to separate BT from control of their national UK telecoms network (Openreach). Unsurprisingly the mobile giant is in favour of big changes.
In a not entirely surprising study Savills, the global real estate provider, has found that broadband speed is now one of the primary considerations for those seeking to rent residential or commercial property in rural areas and poor connectivity can be a huge hindrance.
Charity Go ON UK has produced a new heatmap of Digital Exclusion across the United Kingdom, which contrasts the availability of broadband and digital skills with Internet usage in order to identify which Local Authorities are falling short. Unsurprisingly urban areas tend to do well, but there are some interesting twists.