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VFast Reveal New 50Mbps Wireless Broadband Packages for Kent UK

27th February, 2013 (1 Comment)

Fixed wireless ISP VFast (Orbitalnet), which serves a large swathe of Kent in South East England, has overcome their recent problems with fibre eating rats (here) to quietly reveal fresh details about its new up to 50Mbps (Megabits per second) capable superfast broadband packages.

16 London UK Boroughs Preparing to Launch FREE WiFi Service

26th February, 2013 (2 Comments)

Several major UK telecoms operators are reported to be bidding on contracts that will see 16 out of London’s 33 boroughs all deploying a new free wireless internet (wifi) service to local residents and visitors, which could also be used to help ease the strain on Mobile Broadband operators.

CLANNET Bring Rural Community Broadband into Laceby and Kirby Sigston

26th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Yorkshire-based ISP CLANNET has, “due to popular demand“, expanded its community wireless broadband network into the small civil parish villages of Laceby in North East Lincolnshire and Kirby Sigston in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire (England).

Death of EU Broadband Funding to Boost 4G and WiFi Mobile Alternatives

26th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has suggested that internet access solutions which attract a low marginal cost, such as Mobile Broadband, Satellite and WiFi, are now likely to play a bigger then expected part in the UK and Europe’s strategy for expanding broadband coverage into rural areas.

Fibre Nibbling Rats Knock Out VFast Wireless Broadband in Canterbury UK

25th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Kent-based fixed wireless ISP VFast has become the latest internet provider to be hit by rodents with a seemingly insatiable appetite for fibre optic cables. In fact for almost a month the pesky critters have been busily attempting to nibble their way through one of BT’s key fibre spine cables in Canterbury, which supplies VFast.

Broadband Delivery UK Issues Strict Guidance for Wireless Networks

21st February, 2013 (3 Comments)

The government’s Broadband Delivery UK office has released new guidance for local authorities on the use of state aid (public funding) in support of deploying NGA fixed wireless access (FWA) networks. The guidance, much like existing EU rules, makes it possible for wireless ISPs to engage in the process but only under strict conditions.

UPD Wales UK to Close Popular GBP4m Broadband Support Scheme

20th February, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Welsh Government’s semi-popular £4m Broadband Support Scheme, which provided cash grants worth up to £1,000 to help those living in the most digitally isolated parts of Wales (UK) gain access to faster internet services, will come to a close on 31st March 2013.

Tfl Expand FREE Wireless Internet to 50 London Overground Train Stations

18th February, 2013 (2 Comments)

Transport for London (Tfl) has announced that passengers at 50 London Overground stations can now access The Cloud’s (BSkyB) free wireless internet (wifi) service and the final seven stations are due to be enabled by the end of June 2013.

Barclays UK Banks to Deploy FREE Wireless Internet WiFi Access

18th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Customers and visitors to 1,500 of Barclays branches (banks) across the United Kingdom will soon be able to benefit from free wireless internet (wifi) access thanks to a new deal with BT Wifi.

UK ISP Vispa Boosts City Wireless Broadband Capacity in Warrington

14th February, 2013 (1 Comment)

Cheshire-based ISP Vispa claims to be “working hard to fix the problems” that have recently impacted customers on its new up to 60Mbps (Megabits per second) capable City Wireless broadband network in Burtonwood, Winwick and Chapelford (Warrington, England).

Online Video to Push Mobile Broadband Traffic to 134 Exabytes by 2017

11th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cisco’s latest forecast has predicted that online video services will represent 66% of global Mobile Broadband traffic by 2017 (up from 51% in 2012), which will help to push total mobile data use from 0.9 Exabytes per month (i.e. 885 Petabytes) now to 11.2 EB in just five years’ time and outpace global fixed data traffic.

ISPreview Talks to Westminster City Council about its FREE O2 WiFi Service

11th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Last year O2 UK signed a new deal to provide visitors and residents of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea (i.e. Central London) with access to one of the largest free wireless internet (wifi) access zones in Europe. Today ISPreview.co.uk interviews both O2 and Westminster City Council (WCC) about what this means and how it’s been funded.

Artist Creates Physical Visualisation of a WiFi Wireless Network Signal

7th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Austrian artist Peter Jellitsch has created a somewhat unique piece of art that delivers a physical interpretation of what the signal from a home wifi wireless network (WLAN) might look like if you could see it with your naked eye.

Tiny LiFi LED Lights Set to Deliver WiFi Style Internet Communications

31st January, 2013 (7 Comments)

Researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland (UK) have begun to develop a new Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) technology that could turn ordinary LED (Light-Emitting Diode) based home and office lighting or computer displays into a sophisticated wireless communications network like WiFi.

UK Virgin Media WiFi Live at 103 London Underground Train Stations

29th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

Virgin Media has announced that a further eleven London underground tube stations (total 103) can now access its public wireless internet (wifi) service, which is FREE to existing Vodafone, EE, T-Mobile, Orange UK and of course Virgin broadband customers.

Llangedwyn and Llanfechain in Wales Get Faster Wireless Broadband

28th January, 2013 (11 Comments)

The remote rural villages of Llangedwyn and Llanfechain in Powys (Wales, UK) now have access to wireless broadband download speeds of up to 100Mbps (Megabits per second), which is all thanks to a new and curiously marketed “fibre over the air” service from local ISP eXwavia.

UK Establishes New Centre to Develop White Space Broadband Tech

23rd January, 2013 (8 Comments)

The University of Strathclyde, with funding from the Scottish Funding Council, has opened a new Centre for White Space Communications that aims to develop new White Space (IEEE 802.22) based wireless technologies that can exploit the unused radio spectrum which exists between UK Digital TV channels.