Cunard and P&O Cruises are improving wifi on their ships through a satellite internet service owned by billionaire Elon Musk. The cruise lines, both part of the Carnival group, said connectivity and bandwidth will be boosted across their fleets under a deal with Starlink, operated by SpaceX. Starlink is due to be available in public […]
Virgin Media O2 has reported a record network traffic peak on its network, with data consumption spiking last Wednesday as football games streamed matches on Amazon Prime Video and gamers downloaded the newest Call Of Duty. The operator said network traffic peaked at 9.20 pm on Wednesday October 19 at a level 40% higher than […]
A transatlantic cable on Valentia Island has moved closer to becoming a world heritage site, as the Irish Government announced that it was submitting the details of the site to Unesco Paris. Initial attempts to stretch the world’s first transatlantic cable from the Co Kerry island to Canada were made in 1857, and repeated attempts […]
SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either re-entered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so, the company said in an online update. SpaceX said a geomagnetic […]
