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Virgin Media mulls nationwide wi-fi network The rising popularity of smartphones have increased need for data on the move Continue reading the main story Related stories Virgin speeds up UK cable network Virgin Media looks to fast future Virgin promises faster broadband Virgin Media is mulling the idea of creating a nationwide wi-fi network to compete with rival BT. It said it had been inspired by cable operators who have launched wi-fi in other countries. The cable broadband firm admitted it would be a "massive undertaking" and that no firm plans have yet been drawn up. But it said it could offer a better alternative to 3G networks for those who crave data on the move. "We are looking at way to converge data services. 3G networks are reaching a capacity crunch and wi-fi could offload traffic and offer a vastly superior overall throughput," said a Virgin Media spokesman. "People are using a variety of services and there is a sheer desire for data wherever people are," he added. Virgin Media experimented with a small-scale wi-fi network at this year's V festival. The Virgin spokesman described it as a "useful experiment" and said people were using it "in preference to 3G". Virgin Media has been watching developments in the US and the example of firms such as Cablevision which has launched a wi-fi network in New York. It is likely that any wi-fi would be part of a bundle of extras for broadband customers, in a similar way to how BT offers the service. BT currently runs the UK's biggest wi-fi network, with nearly 4,000 hotpsots in the UK. Its wi-fi sharing service BT-FON has 1.6 million public hotspots around the world. Members of BT-FON agree to securely share a portion of their wi-fi connection through a separate channel, making it available to other members who are in range. Have that you stupid mongs, you better all apologise shitfestivals, saved me naming ewe who had mocked me.

I was sent an update introduced by John Aldridge last night, but I guess it should be someone from the group who should post it on here. Will someone be doing it today?

Reported in Spanish press (and picked up on in Daily Mail today):- Xabi Alonso es el gran sueño del Valencia 2009 | SPORT | Fútbol .....Waits for Dave's head to explode.......:whistle:

Not my words, the words of Top Gear magazine. Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri has revealed he pulled out of a move for Xabi Alonso this summer because he felt the Liverpool midfielder was "too slow". Juve held talks with Liverpool over the Spain international - a winner of Euro 2008 - but Alonso ultimately remained at Anfield. "He was a player we wanted," Ranieri said of Alonso. "But he is a player, who even though he is an extraordinary man and a great professional, left me perplexed by the slowness of his movement in midfield. "In the midfield of Rafa Benitez's Liverpool, where all of them are little soldiers, he finds himself in a fantastic position. But in our midfield, he would have found it hard to support the midfield line seeing as (Juve wingers) Mauro Camoranesi and Pavel Nedved are not players that come back to give support like Liverpool's wingers."

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