Everybody needs good neighbours, goes the theme tune of a recently axed Australian soap opera. Mine are mostly fine and non-intrusive in a nod-hello-and-keep-walking way, but I sometimes feel envious that their flats are nicer than mine, with oak front doors, proper gardens and uPVC windows. And I bet they have faster broadband connections, too. A new feature in a network-scanning tool called Fing promised to let me find out, by "analysing and comparing internet service providers" in my area. On the Home screen, I saw that Fing already knew a few 'flngs' about my broadband connection, including the make of my laptop, my IP address, that I was in London and that my internet provider is Sky (it's actually Now Broadband, which is owned by Sky, but let's not split hairs). However, I did wonder why Fing thought my ISP was located in Tillicoultry, a Scottish village in the Ochil foothills of Clackmannanshire, more than 400 miles from my London home. Perhaps Sky was on a camping trip.
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