Hundreds of Virgin Media were today left unable to connect to the internet when the network provider suffered yet another outage. Social media users have written to the broadband provider to complain of days of what they say is intermittent cuts to their service. But the Downdetector website recorded more than 700 complaints across the UK … Read more
Hundreds of Virgin Media were today left unable to connect to the internet when the network provider suffered yet another outage. Social media users have written to the broadband provider to complain of days of what they say is intermittent cuts to their service. But the Downdetector website recorded more than 700 complaints across the UK … Read more
US Energy Department rolls out 10-year plan for QUANTUM INTERNET that would be virtually ‘unhackable’ and could transmit data instantly The agency wants to build the first ever quantum internet It would use entangled photons to transmit data across a fiber optic line It would be ‘virtually unhackable’ and extremely fast A prototype from Argonne … Read more
Santander doubles the account fee for its Lite current account customers and slashes cashback perk for phone, internet and TV bills In October Santander’s cashback for 123 and 123 Lite accounts will change The monthly fee for the 123 Lite account will double from £1 to £2 Santander says changes are the result of the … Read more
Parcels boost for Royal Mail after virus lockdown fuelled internet shopping boom By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:43 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 23:13 BST, 21 July 2020 Royal Mail said parcel deliveries between March 30 and June 28 were 38 per cent higher than the same period last year Royal … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the fifth batch of its ‘Starlink’ space internet satellites – taking the total to 300. They form a constellation of thousands of satellites, designed to provide low-cost broadband internet service from low Earth orbit. The constellation, informally known as Starlink, and under development at SpaceX’s facilities in Redmond, Washington. Its goal … Read more
Households across the UK are using the internet more than ever now that millions have been forced to work from home during the lockdown period. The increase has been so great that some customers are now using enough extra data to watch three and a half hours more Netflix every single day, new research from … Read more
Not the brightest sparks! Social media users share hilariously daft comments by people with no common sense – including a woman who thought she could be an aunt OR an uncle Bored Panda rounded up hilarious social media posts from around the world One person tweeted asking why women don’t take DNA tests for their … Read more
Scientists bring wireless internet underwater for the first time after testing a ‘gateway’ device that uses LASERS to transmit data to the surface Scientists built a system that acts like a WiFi booster for deep-sea divers Radio waves transmit data to a Raspberry Pi attached to the diver’s gear Lasers or LEDs send the data to … Read more
Third of Britons say internet performance has been WORSE during the coronavirus lockdown – despite broadband providers’ claims they have held up well amid the surge in demand YouGov survey revealed that 28 per cent of people noticed a slower connection At the same time three quarters of people said they were online more often … Read more