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UPDATE Marketing Fail – 6G Broadband Network Goes Live in Blackburn UK

13th November, 2013 (17 Comments)

Sometimes marketing can be misleading (e.g. calling FTTC or cable lines “fibre optic”) and the same could perhaps be said of 6G Internet, which has just launched a new wireless broadband network in Blackburn (Lancashire, England) and for added confusion fun they’re calling the technology “Air Fibre” (they’re not the first to use that).

FREE Superfast WiFi Service in Birmingham UK City Centre Goes Live

8th November, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media Business confirms that it has completed the build of their new “super-fast” public wifi wireless Internet hotspot service in the centre of Birmingham, which covers around 2.5 square miles of the city and offers “no usage limits“.

ThinkingWISP Expand Wireless Broadband Further into South Norfolk UK

8th November, 2013 (8 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP ThinkingWISP, which was first established in 2011 as a local partnership between InTouch Systems, the Norfolk Rural Community Council and AF Affinity to improve Internet access around rural Norfolk and some parts of Suffolk in England, have confirmed plans to expand their existing network.

The Cloud Deploy FREE Wireless Internet in Welsh Hospitals

24th October, 2013 (2 Comments)

Public WiFi Hotspot operator The Cloud (BSkyB) has entered into a new partnership with the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABM) that has already resulted in a free wireless internet service being deployed across several of the groups hospitals in Wales.

UPDATE Wireless ISP ResQ Moves to Resolve Broadband Speed Woes

23rd October, 2013 (6 Comments)

Welsh wireless broadband ISP ResQ (ResQNet) has apologised to customers after admitting that a mix of “technical issues” and becoming a “victim of our own success” (i.e. not enough capacity to meet demand) had contributed towards a series performance woes (slow service speeds) in rural areas.

BT TV Ad for HomeHub Banned over Misleading WiFi Interference Claim

23rd October, 2013 (3 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has banned a TV advert for BT’s HomeHub broadband ISP router after it caused confusion over which household devices would cause interference on a wifi wireless network (the router’s smart wireless technology is designed to mitigate this).

Wireless ISP to Fill Broadband Notspots in Essex UK by Using Churches

15th October, 2013 (5 Comments)

The Diocese of Chelmsford has selected local wireless ISP County Broadband to help fill in some of the Internet slowspots and notspots around Essex (England) by allowing them to build a new 32Mbps (Megabits per second) capable network via local churches.

UPD Scientists Hit 100Gbps Wireless World Record to Aid Rural Broadband

15th October, 2013 (1 Comment)

A joint team of German researchers based out of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have achieved a world record after they successfully completed a 100Gbps (Gigabits per second) data transmission over a wireless radio network at 237.5GHz. The next target is 1Tbps!

ISP AB Internet Warns Against UK Wireless Tax and a Pure Fibre Optic Focus

7th October, 2013 (3 Comments)

AB Internet has told ISPreview.co.uk, as part of our exclusive interview, that the Valuation Office Agency’s review of how its business rates can be applied to fixed wireless networks could result in a “whole segment of society” being “digitally marooned“. The ISP also warned against an “all roads must lead to fibre” approach to broadband.

Ofcom Names Participants for its UK White Space Wireless Broadband Trial

2nd October, 2013 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today named around 20 organisations, which include the likes of BT, Neul and Microsoft, that will be taking part in its 6 month pilot of White Space (IEEE 802.22) wireless broadband technology; this intelligently harnesses the unused spectrum gaps that exist between Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) channels.

East Coast Trains Reveal £2.2m On-Board WiFi Wireless Internet Upgrade

2nd October, 2013 (3 Comments)

Yorkshire-based train operator East Coast has today announced a new investment of £2.2 million that will be used to upgrade the wireless (wifi) Internet access services on-board each of its 44 trains in order to improve service speeds and reliability.

Network Rail UK Set to Roll Out Faster Mobile Broadband and Fibre Network

1st October, 2013 (6 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Transport has said it plans to make a new generation of “high speed” Mobile Broadband based Internet access services available to 70% of train commuters by 2019, which will focus on eradicating the existing networks many mobile signal “not spots” and boost customer speeds up to 50Mbps.

UPDATE Half of FREE WiFi Wireless Internet Hotspots in the UK Allow Porn

25th September, 2013 (1 Comment)

A new survey from mobile security firm AdaptiveMobile has boldly claimed that 51% of free wireless internet (WiFi) hotspots in the United Kingdom allow access to content of an adult nature, which is despite the study being based off a tiny sample size.

Wifinity Bring 20Mb WiFi Wireless Broadband to 39 More UK Holiday Parks

23rd September, 2013 (1 Comment)

Wireless ISP Wifinity has signed a new contract with the Park Resorts holiday group, which runs 39 parks spanning 1,900 acres and providing over 20,500 holiday home and touring pitches across the United Kingdom, to roll-out its latest 20Mbps capable wireless internet service (wifi).

New Eurostar e320 Train Fleet to Get Faster WiFi Internet Access

18th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Commuters travelling on the Channel Tunnel route could soon benefit from even faster wireless Internet access, alongside a seamless switchover at international borders, after Nomad Digital announced that its connectivity solutions would also be installed on 10 of their latest e320 trains.

UPD ASDA Pick EE for UK 3G Mobile Network and In-Store WiFi Service

6th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Supermarket chain ASDA has entered into a new Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) partnership with EE (Everything Everywhere), which will give the high street giant the ability to offer its own 2G and 3G mobile voice, text and broadband services.

Ofcom Consult on UK White Space Wireless Broadband Trial and Coexistence

4th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Ofcom are currently prepping their autumn 2013 pilot of Wi-Fi style White Space (IEEE 802.22) wireless broadband technology and have today launch a new consultation to examine the potential interference issues of using this alongside existing Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) channels in the 470MHz – 790MHz (UHF TV) band.