2024-05-07T02:19:48-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/140537095/this-town-s-free-public-wi-fi-is-faster-than-yours Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-11-06T13:25:00-05:00 >2015-11-17T21:37:12-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/29/297e508ab9a4f4c942d2842debd787dd?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Virgin Media has joined forces with Chiltern District Council in the U.K. to blanket Chesham&rsquo;s high street with super-fast Wi-Fi. The unlimited service is available to all 21,000 residents and businesses in the town as well as visitors [...] The Smart Pavement enables those in the area to &lsquo;streetsurf&rsquo; with speeds of up to 166Mbps, which is seven times the average U.K. broadband speed.</p></em><br /><br /><p>More on the internet and civic infrastrucutre:</p><ul><li><a title="China's New Weapon to Censor the Internet" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/125209648/china-s-new-weapon-to-censor-the-internet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China's New Weapon to Censor the Internet</a></li><li><a title="'Internet Slowdown' Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness of Threats to Net Neutrality" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/108635809/internet-slowdown-campaign-aims-to-raise-awareness-of-threats-to-net-neutrality" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">'Internet Slowdown' Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness of Threats to Net Neutrality</a></li><li><a title="Map Plots the World's Internet Devices" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/108031005/map-plots-the-world-s-internet-devices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Map Plots the World's Internet Devices</a></li><li><a title="Infrastructural Tourism" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/76303946/infrastructural-tourism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Infrastructural Tourism</a></li></ul>