Or for something more adrenaline-filled, the long-standing weekly Zoobombing meet up, held every Sunday evening, is where die-hard speed demons take part in high-speed, downhill bike races.

BBC: Portland's urban adventures

By rolling out the higher speed networks, the government hopes to boost the take-up of telemedicine, home working and cloud computing.

BBC: Decisions loom on rural broadband

They give everywhere a grade from one to five by combining information on sync speed, whether super fast broadband is available, and how popular broadband take-up has been.

BBC: NI internet users making the broadband switch-over

Also there will be an attempt to speed up the signing of deals, or the procurement process - which can take up to five years at the moment - by setting an 18-month deadline (at which point, any public sector money allocated to the project would be reallocated).

BBC: PFI becomes less private

The next dialogue tests the speed of your connection and then you are told how long the back-up will take to complete.

BBC: Weebly website

Obama pours borrowed or seized funds into boondoggles like subsidies for toy electric cars that blow up like Spinal Tap drummers and high-speed rail for the 12 people who want to take trains in California, and allows the federal workforce to grow by over 100, 000 bodies.

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