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• c2c expanding London style contactless payments to all stations by year-end

  20-10-2023 17:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The London to Essex train operator, c2c has confirmed that it will be able to offer London-style contactless payments in all its stations by the end of this year.Contactless pay as you go “tap in and tap out” is already accepted at c2c stations in the London pay as you go area – as far east as Upminster and Grays, and the remaining 15 c2c stations will be added by the end of this year. It’s all part of a Department for Transport (DfT) funded scheme to expand the London st
  
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• Road to OptiX: Bringing F5.5G into Reality

  20-10-2023 14:27
  What is the future of the digital and intelligent world? The question has very complex answers, but one of them is abundantly clear. That is, intelligence will undoubtedly develop towards ubiquitous 10Gbps bandwidth.
  Networks are the foundation of computing power connections and the basis of intelligent evolution. Each generation of digital upgrade has proven that networks are the prerequisites for any successful advancement. Today, intelligence technologies are developing rapidly, and networks
  
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• Roman London’s mausoleum and mosaics going on public display in Southwark

  20-10-2023 11:20 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  One of the UK’s most important discoveries of Roman heritage in recent years is to go on public display in Southwark, close to where it was uncovered last year.
  Uncovering the mosaic (c) ianVisits
  The mosaic was uncovered during site clearance of land previously used as a Jubilee line extension construction site close to London Bridge station and is now being developed for housing. The mosaic and the announcement earlier this year of the discovery of a Roman mausoleum on the same site make
  
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• Vodafone tops Ofcom’s broadband league table of shame

  20-10-2023 10:30
  Vodafone has edged ahead of TalkTalk to become the UK’s most complained-about broadband provider.
  This is according to regulator Ofcom, which regularly compares fixed, mobile and pay-TV providers’ performance by publishing the number of complaints per 100,000 customers it receives about each one.
  During the three months to 30 June, Vodafone notched up 24, putting it well ahead of second-placed TalkTalk at 18. That’s a big swing from the first quarter, when TalkTalk took top spo
  
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• CityFibre addresses broadband speed advertising issue

  20-10-2023 10:00
  CityFibre has launched a new wholesale fibre broadband product that will help its retail customers stick to UK advertising rules.
  The fibre network builder this week unveiled True Gig, a 1.2 Gbps wholesale service designed to provide extra speed headroom to retail ISPs keen to sell Gigabit broadband services to their customers.
  It’s a simple solution – well, once you’ve built the network that can support it – to a fairly simple problem. UK advertising rules mean ISPs may
  
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• London’s Superloop bus network set for Spring 2024 expansion: SL2 and SL3 routes confirmed

  20-10-2023 09:55 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Two more sections of the Superloop bus service will go live next Spring, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed.
  The two new routes that recently underwent public consultation are the SL2, which will connect Walthamstow Central and North Woolwich, and the SL3, which will connect Thamesmead and Bromley.
  The routes that make up the Superloop are:
  (bold are operating now)Route SL1 – North Finchley to Walthamstow (later this year)
  Route SL2 – Walthamstow Central to North Woolwich (Spri
  
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