Aberystwyth On-Line Communities, Internet Access, Live feeds, Radio

Communication, Contacts and On-Line Communities

After a couple of requests I've set up an Aber Forum
There's even a USENET News Group for Aberystwyth for the latest 'debate' and gossip!!!!
#Aber Resources the home page for the Aber Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network
Knowhere guide to Aber
Aberystwyth Bloggers
Blogging about Aberystwyth in wordpress
Abnib combines the blogs of a couple of dozen of so Aberystwyth Bloggers
Aberystwyth members of the Stumbleupon network
Aberystwyth: most dugg NEW
Aberystwyth members of the MySpace network
Thousands (over 10,000) Flickr: Photos tagged with Aberystwyth on the Flickr photo sharing network
Aberystwyth on YouTube
See also the Genealogy Links on this page

Internet Access

WiFi 'Centrino' HotSpots
Joe's, even bigger, list of wireless wifi access points in Aber NEW
Aberystwyth Town Library
There are several BT 'Text & e-mail Payphone' boxes around town.
Broadband Provision

Live !

Aber WebCams
See the information being displayed live on the departure screen on the platform of Aberystwyth train station
Current Weather Conditions in Aberystwyth
Flood warnings for the river Rheidol at Aberystwyth Checked every 15 minutes
Flood warnings for the area around Dovey Junction NEW
Webcam at Llanilar on the Ystwyth [cycle] trail
Current Weather at the near-by Aberporth buoy
Current Weather around Snowdon
4 webcams around Snowdon
Mid Wales live travel news from the BBC
Current Weather around Trawsgoed

Radio Aberystwyth

WiFi 'Centrino' HotSpots
MST Radar Calculates wind speeds in the upper atmosphere by measuring the doppler shift of scattered radio waves
Constitution Hill unmanned Radar Station (for Aberporth MOD firing range)
Coverage Map for the Blaenplwyf Transmitter
Television & Radio ITV / Channel 4 / BBC Analogue Transmitter Reception Information from Offcom
The BBC's information about the Blaenplwyf Television Transmitter and the, much smaller, Aberystwyth transmitter
Information about the Digital Television Transmitters
Analogue TV reception predictor This service will switch to digital only some time between January and March, 2010
Radio Bronglais (Hospital)
Mobile Phone Base Stations Note: you need to have zoomed in to '0---100' before the map shows the base stations
Coverage for the BT / Cellnet / O2 Mobile Phone Network
Coverage for the 'T-Mobile' Mobile Phone Network
Coverage for the Orange Mobile Phone Network
Coverage for the Virgin Mobile Phone Network
Coverage for the Vodaphone Mobile Phone Network
Aberystwyth & District Amateur Radio Society
NationalGrid distribution network for Wireless Communications
Early in 2006 Blaenplwyf Transmitter added Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) to its output.
At this time there are no 'cable' services in Aberystwyth