https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France has vowed to eradicate all 'dead spots' from the map and get even its most rural areas a functioning internet connection. But there are still areas in the country without even a phone signal. Here's a look. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201113/map-where-in-france-are-the-phone-and-internet-dead-spots Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:17:32 +0100 map-where-in-france-are-the-phone-and-internet-dead-spots A French court has handed a three-month suspended jail sentence to a teenager who named his domestic wifi network 'Daesh21' after the Islamic State terror group. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161105/french-court Sat, 05 Nov 2016 08:40:24 +0100 french-court Police in France want to cut off the country's public WiFi connections during the ongoing state of emergency, according to internal documents seen by the French media. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151207/police-want-to-ban-public-wifi-after-paris-attacks Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:24:14 +0100 police-want-to-ban-public-wifi-after-paris-attacks Starting this summer rail passenges will be able to connect, free of charge, to wireless internet in over 40 of France’s largest train stations. Rail chiefs then have plans to expand the service across the country next year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140210/free-wifi Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:05:00 +0100 free-wifi A woman has fallen from a first floor window in a bid to find a better WiFi signal while using her laptop in Menton, in the French Riviera. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121018/woman-falls-from-first-floor-in-search-of-wifi-reception Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:55:00 +0200 woman-falls-from-first-floor-in-search-of-wifi-reception <p>Free wifi is to be made available to all passengers on the Parisian metro from next week, thanks to a Spanish communications company.</p> https://www.thelocal.fr/20120619/3561 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:05:41 +0200 3561