MyTrainTicket has released a new map of the country's (UK) widespread onboard wireless ( Wi-Fi ) broadband internet access service availability. We have posted a higher quality version since the original is not readable.
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National Express East Anglia (NXEA) has revealed that trains travelling on its Norwich to London Intercity UK service will, from early next year, benefit from a new on-board WiFi internet access service.
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Satellite operator Avanti UK, which successfully launched its first HYLAS 1 rural broadband spacecraft into orbit last Friday, has signed a new £1.2m five year deal with BT to help it rollout high-speed 10Mbps internet access into the country's rural regions.
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Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband developer, Fibrestream UK ( NextGenUs ), has likened BT to a "
Digital Drug Dealer" for failing to deliver a true superfast fibre optic broadband service.
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Mobile provider Vodafone UK will on 1st December 2010 launch a cheap
Vodafone Data Traveller package for customers who like to use their mobile internet / Mobile Broadband link while roaming in Europe.
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New Point Topic UK research has found that broadband internet access prices for "
Entry Level" (lowest-cost service offered with a download speed of at least 256Kbps) packages in 54 major countries have increased, albeit only gradually, over the past few months.
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An interview with KC (KCOM Group PLC) UK's Director of Consumer Affairs, Nick Thompson, concerning how the ISP approached the thorny issue of competition in Hull (Easy Yorkshire) and its views on the current governments approach to broadband policy.
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The UK government has refused to meet with "
civil society groups" to discuss its planned changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), which is in regards to internet privacy law.
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Satellite operator Avanti has successfully launched its HYLAS 1 10Mbps capable broadband spacecraft into orbit (space) around the Earth. It will now undergo various testing procedures before being brought into full commercial service early next year.
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Network operator Entanet UK has warned that "
turbulent times will lie ahead" for any broadband ISP that fails to adopt IPv6 internet addresses before the existing IPv4 pool is exhausted in 2011.
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The Conservative MP< for Wiltshire, Claire Perry, has demanded that broadband ISPs in the UK be "
required" to restrict universal access to pornographic content by implementing an opt-in system that verifies if a user is over 18.
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Ovum has suggested that cable operator Virgin Media UK could support its plans for a national Wi-Fi Hotspot service (public wireless broadband internet access) by acquiring or partnering with Three (3) .
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Europe has released new statistics to reveal how 29% of broadband ISP lines in the EU, during July 2010, were delivering download speeds of at least 10Mbps (Megabits per second), which is up from 15% in July 2009.
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Broadband and phone provider TalkTalk has announced a new "
proof of concept trial" for their Wireless Extender device, which is designed to boost the coverage of your home Wi-Fi network.
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The UK BT Group has claimed that it will not bring 100Mbps+ capable fibre optic FTTP broadband services to areas that already have its 40Mbps FTTC service because FTTC is "future proof" and will get faster.
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A UK wireless ISP (
VFast) in Kent has announced trials of a 100Mbps (Megabits per second) capable broadband service for selected customers in Thanet, Maidstone and Kingshill.
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Broadband Satellite ISP Avanti UK, which will launch the first of its new HYLAS series (HYLAS 1) satellites into earth orbit tomorrow, has increased the download speed of its forthcoming service from 8Mbps to 10Mbps and rubbished the need for games to have low latency connections.
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BT Wholesale UK is cutting the minimum broadband download speed supported by its "
super-fast" FTTC service from 15Mbps (Megabits per second) to just 5Mbps. The move is designed to increase the footprint served by FTTC and reach more homes.
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Internet and phone provider TalkTalk has revealed that it is proceeding with plans to launch a controversial new internet anti-malware security service, which first emerged in July 2010 after some of the broadband ISPs users spotted that their online website browsing activity was being tracked without consent.
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The
European Parliament has today given a green light to the controversial
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which seeks to establish international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement (i.e. such as via broadband ISPs).
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