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Arsonists torch 5G mast to leave 2,700 without phone or broadband as Covid conspiracy theorists are blamed for third Chelmsford attack in a year Arson attack took place in early hours of Sunday morning in Chelmsford, Essex Damage meant thousands working and learning from home did not have internet Engineers are still on site and … Read more
Astronauts are outside the International Space Station installing a British-built terminal that will allow them to connect to the internet at broadband speeds. NASA’s Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins started the 6.5 hour mission at 11:28 GMT, just over half an hour earlier than the originally projected 12:05 GMT start time. Over the course of … Read more
Astronauts will step outside the International Space Station to install a new British-built terminal that will allow them to connect to the internet at broadband speeds. NASA’s Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins will venture outside at 12:05 GMT to undertake a six hour mission to mount the suitcase-sized device to the European Space Agency (ESA) … Read more
Sky broadband CRASHES for thousands of users across the country Source of the outage remains unknown but it has affected people nationwide By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 17:12 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 17:17 GMT, 26 January 2021 Sky broadband appears to have crashed for thousands of users across the UK as part of what … Read more
Lack of competition in the broadband market means the majority of households use just four providers to connect their home, new research has revealed. Some 21million households are with the ‘Big Four’ providers which include Sky, Virgin, BT and TalkTalk, according to data from Compare the Market. It found that four in five households have not … Read more
Gavin Williamson ‘turned down an offer from BT to provide children from disadvantaged backgrounds with cheaper broadband as pupils across the country switched to remote learning’ Gavin Williamson ‘refused offer to supply free or cheap broadband to children’ CEO of BT’s consumer brands, Marc Allera, said they offered Wi-Fi vouchers The Department of Education ‘declined’ … Read more
Sky broadband CRASHES for thousands of Britons leaving children and adults working from home during lockdown without internet By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 11:18 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 11:22 GMT, 7 January 2021 Sky broadband appears to have crashed across the UK for thousands of users. The ill-timed outage comes as millions … Read more
Britain faces another few weeks – if not months – stuck in the confines of their homes, as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Technology, as in the last lockdown, will be vital to keep households working, studying and entertained. While some have put up with lagging internet and a small range of TV channels, hoping things … Read more
5 Gee-Gee! Horse delivers package of pictures quicker than broadband internet by more than three hours A horse delivering photos beat an internet transfer by more than three hours Photographer Klaus-Peter Kappest had been annoyed with slow home uploads Photographer enlisted help of rider Jakob Schuette in his village, Oberkirchen By Gregory Kirby For The Daily Mail … Read more
UK broadband usage more than doubled in 2020, largely due to millions of people working and studying from home during lockdown, live-streamed sport and updates to video games such as Call of Duty, a new report reveals. 50,000 petabytes (PB) of data were consumed across the country in 2020, compared to around 22,000PB in 2019, says … Read more