Tag: Wifi
A glimpse inside Virgin Media’s secret broadband testing home
Virgin Media has built two large life-size houses inside a warehouse located in High Wycombe where it tests its latest broadband technology. Fitted with a spacious living room, a kitchen and bedrooms, the homes are furnished and feature an entire plumbing system, which can impact WiFi connections, to provide a realistic testing environment. Living room…
Norwegian becomes ‘first budget airline’ with free WiFi on long-haul flights
Norwegian claims to be the first low-cost airline to launch free WiFi for the full length of its long-haul flights. The service enables passengers to browse the web, check social media and send messages using their own smartphones, tablets and laptops at no cost. A premium option has an introductory price tag of 14.95 US…
New BT Plus with Complete Wi-Fi ‘guarantees signal in every room of the home’
BT has revealed a new home broadband system it claims “guarantees” a strong, reliable connection in every room of the home. Called BT Plus with Complete Wi-Fi, it combines the new BT Smart Hub 2 router with up to three Wi-Fi 'discs'. These pair with the router to extend network coverage throughout the home. The…
British trains are getting free wifi from 2017
Rail minister Claire Perry has announced today that the government is planning to require train companies to offer free wifi to passengers from 2017. Hurrah! The way it will work is that when the different rail franchises come up for renewal, the government will build into the specification the provision of free wifi. For the…
“Jack” wifi guitar cables will give your guitar a wifi boost
Finally, no amp can stop you from really going for it when playing guitar - thanks to a new product called Jack, which uses wifi to connect your guitar to your amp - or even your computer. You'll need two devices: One to plug into the jack socket on your guitar, and the other to…
WATCH: This Hobbit sword will glow when it detects wifi
The sword in the Hobbit glows when there are orcs around - great technology, but not hugely useful in the real world. If only it could detect wifi instead... So that's exactly what this guy has built. The sword has been modified so that it will glow when there are unsecured wifi networks present -…
Wifi will now work at 150 Tube stations
Good news for London commuters this morning as Virgin Media has announced it has installed wifi in its 150th London Underground station. The news comes as Wimbledon, Richmond, Morden, East Ham, Barking and Upminster are all brought online, providing travellers with blessed relief from the horror or having to stare vacantly at other people. Apparently…
London Buses trialling free wifi
Transport for London has announced a trial of wifi on a handful of buses which, if successful, could roll out to thousands of other buses that serve the capital. Pic from here. The technology has been installed on a bus on route 12, between Dulwich and Oxford Circus, and the RV1…
New app to name and shame crappy wifi comes to Android
You know the feeling. You're somewhere unfamiliar and you desperately need to upload that video or carry out some other bandwidth-intensive activity. But where to do it? After a long search, you find an oasis of wifi in the middle of a desert of no signal... and then... the wifi doesn't work. Perhaps it says you're connected even…
We don't want internet on the Underground, say Londoners
It's a high-pressure situation already, travelling on the Tube when it's packed. Do we want to add internet connection to this hotpot? No, we certainly do not, was the answer in a recent study. 55% do not want Transport…