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Solway Comms Setup Temporary Wireless Broadband for Flood Hit Carlisle

27th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

Cumbria-based ISP Solway Communications has moved to help at least some of those affected by the recent floods in Carlisle by installing a free superfast wireless broadband network for the Warwick Road area. On top of that it will be completely free of charge for at least the next 3 months.

FREE WiFi Wireless Internet for All UK NHS Hospitals by 2020

21st December, 2015 (8 Comments)

The Government has today pledged that every NHS Hospital in the United Kingdom will be able to provide staff, patients and visitors with a free WiFi (wireless Internet) hotspot connection by 2020.

MS3 Gives Wireless Broadband ISP Quickline a Fibre Optic Boost in Hull

16th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Quickline, which offers a fixed wireless broadband service to homes and businesses in a number of UK regions, has signed a new deal to make use of MS3‘s dark fibre optic network in Hull (East Yorkshire, England) that should help to boost their service speeds at strategic locations.

Virgin Media Scales Back North Swindon Rollout Due to Rival Network

12th December, 2015 (7 Comments)

Reports claim that Virgin Media has scaled back its urban superfast broadband (EuroDOCSIS3 cable) roll-out plans for North Swindon (Wiltshire, England) because of the local authority’s £1.9m contract with UKB Networks, which is deploying a fixed wireless service in the area.

UPD Cotswolds Broadband Prep Spring 2016 Rollout in West Oxfordshire

9th December, 2015 (1 Comment)

The Cotswolds Broadband project, which last year tendered for a supplier to help roll-out a new mixed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and wireless superfast broadband network to rural premises in West Oxfordshire (England), has confirmed that construction will finally get under-way during spring 2016.

Metronet UK Expand Hybrid Fibre and Wireless Network to Preston

9th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

Manchester-based ISP Metronet (UK) have announced that their business focused hybrid fibre optic and wireless broadband network has now been expanded into the city of Preston in Lancashire (England).

Help Catch the Man Who Burgled VFast’s Broadband Van in Kent

8th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP VFast (Orbitalnet), which covers most of Kent in the south east of England, has called upon the Internet to help catch a thief who stole equipment from one of their vans in Ashford yesterday. Luckily the van was recording his every move.

Metronet UK Brings Hybrid Fibre Optic and Wireless Network to Wigan

30th November, 2015 (2 Comments)

The Greater Manchester-based ISP Metronet UK has today announced that their hybrid fibre optic and wireless broadband network is being expanded to cater for businesses in the town of Wigan.

Wireless ISP Promises Fibre Broadband for Swindon UK.. Maybe

27th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

The CMO of UKB Networks, Will Harnden, has moved to reassure North Swindon (Wiltshire, England) locals that their plan to roll-out superfast broadband in the area, using a fixed wireless network, is ultimately just a stepping stone to the deployment of fixed line “fibre” connectivity. Maybe.

Li-Fi LED Light Network Delivers 1GBps Speeds in Commercial Pilot

25th November, 2015 (4 Comments)

It’s been a long time coming but the new Light Fidelity (LiFi) technology, which can turn LED (Light-Emitting Diode) based home and office lighting or display systems into a sophisticated wireless communications network like WiFi, has finally started to reach the commercial pilot phase.

First Homes LIVE on New East Lothian Wireless Broadband Network

24th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

The first 12 homes have now been connected to a new “superfast” capable fixed wireless broadband network, which is fuelled by a grant of £152,000 and will soon cover around 250 premises in the Humbie, Fala and neighbouring areas in East Lothian and Midlothian (Scotland).

Limavady Town Centre Covered by New FREE WiFi Network

18th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

The town centre of Limavady in Londonderry (Northern Ireland) has been covered by a new free street-based public WiFi hotspot network that reaches through Main Street, Market Street, Catherine Street and Linenhall Street.

Watford Council Deploys FREE WiFi to Sheltered Housing Areas

11th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Watford Borough Council in Hertfordshire (England) has teamed-up with network operator intechnologyWiFi to deploy a free public WiFi (wireless Internet) hotspot service to cover local community centres and sheltered housing schemes.

Virgin Media UK Extends WiFi to 250 London Underground Tube Stations

10th November, 2015 (5 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has quietly announced that their UK network of public WiFi Hotspots has once again been expanded to cover an additional 100 London Underground Tube stations (total 250).

Specs for the NEW Virgin Media SuperHub 3 Cable Broadband Router – Adds VoIP

5th November, 2015 (17 Comments)

Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media in the United Kingdom, has today confirmed that they’ve started the roll-out of a new cable broadband router (SuperHub 3), which can also act as a VoIP based telephone gateway, to their European and UK operators.

Quickline Expand 50Mb Wireless Broadband in Lincolnshire via Upton Mast

5th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Quickline has confirmed the installation of a new fixed wireless network mast in the small rural Lincolnshire (England) village of Upton (West Lindsey), which should deliver superfast broadband speeds of up to 50Mbps to the surrounding area.

North Yorkshire UK Makes Progress on Phase 3 Fibre Broadband Plan

3rd November, 2015 (5 Comments)

The Superfast North Yorkshire scheme in England, which is working with BTOpenreach to make FTTC/P based superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services available to around 90% of local premises by late 2016, looks to have finally agreed some solid details for a future expansion to reach 95%.