time2deal - I don't know unfortunately! Probably not, but who knows? They didn't when I was there three years ago and a lot can change in that time. I think you can get very clunky and crap "internet" from the bedside "TVs" but it was touchscreen so very annoying to use. Worth investing in a dongle maybe?
Ah yes, the annoying beeps. Sadly that is par for the course. That and the snoring. It is why earplugs are very useful unfortunately. You'll probably be okay the first night due to all the drugs though!
You have every reason to feel positive! So long as baby is otherwise okay, the TAC is an amazing operation that is extremely successful. Doctors advise against it because it's major surgery, but so are c-sections and they seem quite happy to hand out those. I know just what you mean about bonding though - I was afraid to until after the surgery with DC3.
alita7 - Most NHS trusts don't check the cervical length unless there is a medically indicated reason. Some do, but even so, it's not until the 20 week scan which is too late for a lot of babies. It would have been for mine with DC2, but I happened to be in the US at the time and had an earlier anatomy scan and the clinic checked cervical length as a matter of course there. I was only 18 weeks and apparently less than two days from delivering - thankfully one of the doctors there happened to be one of the very best for rescue stitches and he saved DC2's life. Sheer luck.
The vast majority of women don't know until they lose their first 
but the reason they don't check routinely is because it IS very rare without any sort of prior indication such as surgery on the cervix.
Like Moomins, I had a fine first delivery almost at term, and had no reason to suspect. However I also had a few ERPCs and a HSG which dilates the cervix, plus I pushed against a cervical lip for an hour with DC1 so any one of those things could have caused the weakness with my second. Most people it wouldn't cause an issue though, I was just unlucky. And then lucky it was caught!