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Wireless ISP County Broadband Helped by £200K from Colchester Council

30th July, 2014 (2 Comments)

Wireless ISP County Broadband has secured £200,000 worth of funding from the Colchester Borough Council and the new investment will be used to help serve local businesses, but sadly not homes, with access to superfast broadband speeds of greater than 30Mbps (Megabits per second).

HotelWiFiTest Site Begins Predicting WiFi Speeds for Most Major Hotels

29th July, 2014 (3 Comments)

The HotelWiFiTest website has added a seemingly clever new feature that claims to predict the wireless Internet (WiFi) speed you will receive in most major hotels around the world, which can be used alongside data collected from existing speedtests to help people pick a hotel that suits their needs. But there may be trouble ahead..

BT Wifi Brings Fibre Fuelled Wireless Internet to RAF Northolt

23rd July, 2014 (2 Comments)

Around 2,000 military and civilian personnel at RAF Northolt in London can now get online via a new WiFi Hotspot based wireless Internet access service after BT completed the installation of the new “high-speed” network via 480 access points today.

Spectrum Internet Brings 1Gbps Broadband to 70+ Businesses in Cardiff

22nd July, 2014 (1 Comment)

Around 70+ businesses on the Cardiff Gate International Business Park in Wales can now gain access to top broadband speeds of 1000Mbps after Welsh ISP Spectrum Internet expanded the reach of their fibre optic network into the area by using the city’s Connection Voucher scheme, which makes this the first such park to benefit in the whole of Wales.

ISP Wessex Internet Brings 50Mbps Wireless Broadband to Tisbury

21st July, 2014 (0 Comments)

Wessex Internet (M12 Solutions), which delivers 100Mbps fibre optic (FTTH) and 30-50Mbps wireless broadband services to premises in rural parts of North Dorset and South West Wiltshire in England, has expanded their radio network to reach homes and businesses in Tisbury.

Tove Valley Gain DEFRA Funding to Rollout 1Gbps Fibre Optic Broadband

21st July, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Tove Valley Broadband scheme (formerly Abthorpe Broadband Association) in Northamptonshire (England) has secured £123,000 of public funding from the Government’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), which will allow them to roll-out a 1000Mbps capable fibre optic network across several villages.

Three UK Bring WiFi to London Underground and Refresh SIM Only Plans

17th July, 2014 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Three UK has signed an agreement with Virgin Media that will enable their customers to access the cable operators WiFi wireless Internet network at 137 London Underground stations for free, just as Vodafone, EE and O2 already can. The provider has also refreshed their SIM-Only plans with better Mobile Broadband allowances.

England’s National Parks Agree to Better Mobile Broadband Coverage

15th July, 2014 (3 Comments)

The National Parks England (NPE) and UK Mobile Operators Association (MOA) have reached a new “landmark agreement” that aims to boost the coverage of mobile phone and Mobile Broadband connectivity in protected rural areas, albeit while also “minimising any adverse environmental impacts” and working “proactively and pragmatically in order to achieve these aims“.

Wireless Network Set to Help Fill Perthshire’s Broadband Gaps

9th July, 2014 (1 Comment)

The Highland Perthshire Communities Partnership, a registered charity that has support from Atholl Estates and the Perth and Kinross Council in Scotland, has announced that it won’t wait for BT’s upgrade and instead plans to fill-in some of the regions broadband notspots and slowspots by building a new wireless network.

FREE WiFi Plan for Newcastle and Gateshead At Risk Over GOWEX Trouble

7th July, 2014 (3 Comments)

The new plan to roll-out a free wireless Internet (wifi hotspot) network across “scores of public areas” in Newcastle and Gateshead (North East England) could be at risk after it emerged that Spain-based GOWEX, which had been appointed to setup the new infrastructure, had falsified its accounts and filed for bankruptcy.

UK Hotels Still Think Poor WiFi Access is a Price Worth Paying

7th July, 2014 (8 Comments)

A new study commissioned by NETGEAR has surveyed 150 small and medium-sized hospitality and leisure venues across the UK, including 2,042 adults, to discover that 43% of hotels, B&Bs and theme parks etc. still think poor or non-existent WiFi Internet access is a price worth paying for a better experience in other areas. Most customers understandably disagreed.

ITS Technology Gobbles Manchester Wireless Broadband ISP CityServe

7th July, 2014 (1 Comment)

The ITS Technology Group, which builds next generation infrastructure like fibre optic networks, has today acquire the majority shareholding (70%+) in a wireless broadband ISP (CityServe Limited) that specialises in delivering access and other services to social housing and hard to reach homes across East Manchester in England.

UPDATE Network Rail Fine to Help Improve FREE WiFi on UK Train Routes

7th July, 2014 (1 Comment)

In an odd twist the Government’s Department for Transport has said that a multi-million pound fine, which is being imposed upon state-owned Network Rail for missing performance targets (the penalty could be worth up to £70m), will be used to help fund a £90m investment into rolling out free superfast wifi Internet access on the busiest train routes.

Metronet UK Set to Expand Hybrid Fibre Optic and Wireless Network

30th June, 2014 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Metronet UK, which is based in Manchester (England) and runs a carrier-grade hybrid superfast fibre optic and wireless broadband network, has announced plans for a further geographic expansion of its network after the management team completed a £45m secondary buyout of the business with support from ISIS Equity Partners.

FREE WiFi Comes to 18 Hospitals and Healthcare Locations in Wales UK

25th June, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Cloud (BSkyB) has today added to their 1,000+ WiFi hotspots in Wales by signing two new partners (the Aneurin Bevan and Cwm Taf health boards) from the healthcare industry, which means that their free wireless Internet connectivity is now being deployed to a total of 18 Welsh healthcare locations.

WiFi and Satellite Equipped Tractors to Follow Yorkshire’s Tour de France

24th June, 2014 (0 Comments)

The National Farmers Union (NFU), satellite broadband ISP Avonline and farming retailer Massey Ferguson have teamed up to modify two tractors, which will be positioned at key locations along Yorkshire’s (England) Tour de France route, to act as free wifi wireless Internet hotspots with a considerably wider than usual area of coverage.

Welsh Wireless Broadband ISP Xwavia Expands Welshpool HQ

23rd June, 2014 (0 Comments)

Wireless ISP Xwavia (formerly eXwavia) has confirmed plans to expand its operations with a redevelopment of their headquarters in Welshpool (Glansevern Hall), which will increase their site to 2,500 sq ft in size and benefit from 10 new staff.