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   From: nospamclayton@btinternet.com   
      
   >>> Is the palace of Westminster, home to the house of 'commons' and the   
   >>> house of 'lords', wireless-enabled?   
   >>>   
   >>Not systematically,   
   >   
   > Meaning?   
      
   Individual members may have set up their own Wi-Fi, but it is not AFAIK   
   provided throughout the palace by central services.   
      
   >   
   >>although it is planned.   
   >>   
   snip   
   >   
   > Any idea which companies have got, or might get, the contracts?   
   >   
   No.   
   > What did the 'Times' mean by 'Wi-Fi "blackhole"'? Is jamming used?   
      
   No one else operates (e.g. commercially) inside the palace, or even nearby   
   (surrounded by Parliament Sq, an abbey, a river and Portcullis House, so   
   there won't be coverage.  The palace itself is made from very thick masonary   
   that will attenuate signal.  One might also suppose that parts of it have   
   had silver paper linings to act as Faraday cages to prevent electronic   
   evesdropping as long ago as the sixties.   
      
   >   
   >>HoC laptops are not TTBOMKAB currently WiFi enabled..   
   >   
   > Dunno whether you saw this article:   
   >   
   >    
      
   Bluetooth is NOT WiFi, although it is radio.   
      
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