Three has made a very simple change to the software in its mobile broadband dongle. It’s added a feature that prompts the modem to automatically re-connect whenever it drops the signal. Previously you had to do it manually.

I’ve just spent three hours travelling by train from Newcastle to London and enjoyed an almost permanent connection to the internet. And the news (via @adamparker and others on Twitter) that Newcastle is out of the relegation Premiership zone.