Dinners at any one of Whitbread's 380 strong UK chain of Beefeater, Table Table, Brewers Fayre and Taybarns restaurants will shortly also be able to access a "totally free" Wi-Fi wireless internet service.
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Several mobile phone operators in the UK have reportedly prevented their internet customers from accessing Tor's website, which references a tool that allows people to surf with anonymity.
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Fujitsu's plan to deploy a superfast 1000Mbps fibre optic ( FTTP ) broadband network across rural Wales has been left in tatters after the firm withdrew from the tender process and claimed that the risks were "too high". BT is now left as the only major bidder.
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The incumbent broadband and phone operator for Hull and East Riding (Yorkshire, UK), KC, has today announced the official launch of their new 'up to' 100Mbps superfast fibre optic broadband services - 'KC Lightstream'.
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Arbor Networks claims that global internet traffic took a dive last week after the FBI closed one of the world's biggest online file storage (cyberlocker) websites, Megaupload, over allegations of massive piracy.
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This week's episode of the BBC's religious Songs of Praise TV programme has highlighted how UK churches can also be used to bring faster wireless broadband internet access services into isolated rural communities.
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A new report from La Quadrature du Net has warned that broadband providers (ISP) and mobile operators in 14 EU Member States engage in "illegitimate restrictions" of their customers' Internet access and damage Net Neutrality.
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Business ISP Vaioni UK has launched a new 1Gigabits per second (Gbps) Leased Line service for London firms that costs just £1,500 per month.
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The Netflix UK online unlimited film and TV streaming service, which launched last week, has revealed through preliminary data that 32% of their internet traffic is being consumed by Virgin Media's broadband customers.
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TalkTalk, a UK internet provider, was this week forced to disconnect Milton Keynes Council (MKC) from its broadband access after the council's finance department forgot to pay its bill. It's the third time that such a disconnection has occurred.
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The UK government has threatened to pull funding for rural superfast broadband ISP services from local councils that fail to meet its deadlines.
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PlusNet, a UK internet provider, has reported a sharp rise in data traffic from customers whom have adopted the new broadband Netflix unlimited movies and TV streaming service.
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Networking solutions firm Brocade has warned that Mobile operators in the UK are at risk of a "breakdown", unless they prepare themselves for the "deluge of data" that a new generation of superfast 4G mobile broadband services will bring.
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The UK's national chain of Premier Inn hotels will soon get full WiFi wireless internet access thanks to a new contract with Spectrum Interactive.
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UK ISP Vispa Internet has managed to deliver wireless broadband internet download speeds of up to 100Mbps to several homes in southern Manchester via its City Wireless trial.
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BTOpenzone, the public wireless internet operator division of BT's national UK telecoms network, has revealed that the country is now home to over 3.5 million WiFi Hotspots. But most come from the operators own fixed line broadband ISP customers.
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The UK county of Leicestershire has announced that it intends to match funding from the government with its own contribution of GBP4 Million. The money will be used to help deploy superfast broadband internet access into the county's many rural areas.
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An independent review of UK film policy, which was commissioned by the government, has called for the controversial anti-piracy Digital Economy Act (DEA) to be implemented by broadband ISPs and Ofcom "as soon as possible".
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Broadband ISP PlusNet and mobile giant O2 UK last night managed to win most of the 15 categories at uSwitch's Broadband Awards 2012 ceremony in London.
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Internet Service Providers (ISP) and major websites, such as Google and Facebook, have set World-IPv6-Launch day for 6th June 2012 when they will all begin using the "new" Internet Protocol v6 ( IPv6 ) addressing standard on their servers.
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