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Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup
News A monthly wi-fi allowance of 500 minutes and a 5GB fair use data policy applies to the business packages. In a fight between an iPhone smart phone and an Eee PC netbook, which chunk of mobile hardware would win? [23 Jul 2008]
O2 to launch mobile broadband offering
News Users will also get unlimited wi-fi access through The Cloud's national network. Opting for an 18-month contract, users will get a free USB modem and pay £20 per month for a 3G broadband service with a 3GB-per-month "fair use" cap. [17 Apr 2008]
London still wi-fi king of the world
News Back in 2007, silicon.com ran a 'Fair Wi-fi' campaign calling for hotels to eschew overpriced fees for wireless internet access. London has shored up its status as wi-fi capital of the world with usage soaring 156 per cent and the average session... [14 Mar 2008]
Gov't not trusted with public data
News W is for Wi-fi Beer said: "The new databases are causing a fair amount of legitimate concern in the public's eyes. The personal details of 25 million people claiming or receiving child benefit were lost on two unencrypted CDs in November. [14 Dec 2007]
Top 10 mobile & wireless stories of the year
News Rail passengers to get free on-board wi-fi Not champagne and table service but free wi-fi all round. Wi-fi sharing always causes controversy. Any event that forces CrackBerry addicts to go cold turkey is guaranteed to get techie chins wagging - and... [13 Dec 2007]
iPhone in the UK: Hands up who wants one?
News Unlimited data and wi-fi is offered across all tariffs - subject to the company's fair usage policy. Because the iPhone relies on Edge for internet browsing - along with 7,500 wi-fi hotspots from The Cloud - download speeds are not as fast as they... [05 Nov 2007]
Internet NOC-ing shop opens in London
News With its Fair Wi-fi campaign silicon.com is looking to. Raise awareness of the problem of hotels overcharging Inform the hotel industry about the strength of public opinion opposed to excessive charging Encourage hotels... [12 Jun 2007]
China 'to play fair over 3G standard'
News Wi-fi at the airport In the development of China's 3G licence strategy, the involvement of foreign telecoms companies has been uncertain as the government is seemingly plumping for a homegrown standard. [23 Apr 2007]
Fair Wi-fi: Angry guests to vote with their feet
News Adding its support to silicon.com's Fair Wi-fi campaign, the Shire Hotel group said all of its properties offer free wi-fi to guests and Jane Waterworth, marketing director at Shire Hotels said this was driven by customer demand. [02 Apr 2007]
Broadband service for biz travellers launches
News With its Fair Wi-fi campaign silicon.com is looking to. Raise awareness of the problem of hotels overcharging Inform the hotel industry about the strength of public opinion opposed to excessive charging Encourage hotels... [07 Mar 2007]
Wi-fi: How do you eat yours?
News Want Fair Wi-fi? As well as currently running a Fair Wi-fi campaign, to highlight the issue of hotels ripping off customers who need to stay connected, the team behind silicon.com recently launched atlarge.com which allows users to share their... [06 Mar 2007]
'Vista rip-off': UK customers cry foul over US prices
News But, while we're on the subject of petitions, here's one you really shouldn't ignore - sign up for silicon.com's 'Fair Wi-fi' petition and support our campaign against rip-off charges for wireless internet access in hotels. [28 Feb 2007]
'Raise petrol tax instead of new road tax'
News Show your support for our Fair Wi-fi campaign. silicon.com readers have asked the government to increase fuel tax and ditch the proposed 'pay as you drive' road charge in response to a popular e-petition against the road tax. [16 Feb 2007]
Fair Wi-fi: Have your say on 'rip off' hotels
News More than 1,000 silicon.com readers signed our Fair Wi-Fi petition in its first week and now we're calling on even more of you to back our campaign to highlight the rip-off charges being made by UK hotels for internet access. [16 Feb 2007]
Fair Wi-fi: Hotels must mend their ways
News In its Fair Wi-fi campaign, silicon.com is urging hotels to stop ripping off customers with extortionate fees for wi-fi and internet access, and we have a huge weight of support behind us (sign our petition. [31 Jan 2007]
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