Archive for the ‘Internet Providers’ Category

McDonald’s Launches Free Wi-Fi in UK Restaurants

By cunni • Oct 7th, 2007 • Category: Internet Providers, News

McDonald's has announced plans to offer free wireless Internet access across its 1,200-strong restaurants in the UK. The move will make the fast food chain have the country's biggest provider of free wireless broadband access: it will account for about 10% of the total Wi-Fi hotspots.
There seems to be a major increase in competition for [...]



Virgin Media 50Mbps broadband trial

By cunni • Sep 21st, 2007 • Category: Hardware, Internet Providers, PC Gaming

I know this doesn't apply to Doncaster but it just shows you what we may be expecting shortly!
50Mbps broadband sound like a distant future? Not if you live in Ashford, Folkestone or Dover. The Virgin Media trial for the 50Mbps broadband service may be available to you if you live in one of these areas.
Ashford [...]



Virgin Media digital TV and broadband outages

By cunni • Sep 5th, 2007 • Category: Internet Providers, PC Gaming, News

The Virgin Media cable service status pages lists a number of areas of the UK that are experiencing service outages at present. The number of problem seems larger than normal with the following postcodes affected: MK43, WA12, G73, G72, TF5, N14, B98, CB3, DA12, HP2, TW9, UB4, CR0, SM6, NE3 and SS8.

The problem concerns a […]



Cable Companies Facing Big Bandwidth Issue.

By cunni • Aug 15th, 2007 • Category: Internet Providers, PC Gaming, News

With internet usage expanding exponentially and demand for high-speed connections ever growing, cable internet companies may soon be facing serious bandwidth issues, according to a report by ABI Research. The problem comes from more demanding applications, including high-definition video, video on demand, online gaming, and higher-bandwidth Internet applications, which could lead to fewer high-definition television […]