The Register report on Westminster council offering a wifi service in Soho. Initially it will be for council workers only, but will become a payfor service for public usage later in the year. Quite cool and an interesting wrinkle on the starbucks, you can use it in our cafes option. Being able to use it in public places, like parks and in other shops will be great and I'd definitely consider paying, despite thinking consume.net is a great idea. London is quite a disparate place and getting reasonably consistent coverage in central London for a flatfee per month would be great. Single venues even bundled together are to widespread, free access is great but patchy, blanket local area sounds cool.
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Man, you'd think London would have better coverage. Last time I was there in October, I didnt have my laptop on me, so it's not like I could do some scanning.
I found public net access to be a bit lacking overall when I was in England. I live in a relatively small city in the states, Chattanooga, and it's already wired all its parks and some of its business districts with free wireless access.
Oh, I like the style of your blog. Its ah, rather familiar.