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London Installing Largest Free Wifi Network

Posted by Unknown on Monday January 9, 2012 @05:16PM from the o2-hates-bees dept.

aesoteric writes "London's Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea districts will be delivered the largest free wi-fi zone in Europe. The plan is to provide the service in time for the 2012 London Olympics, which start in late July, to allow visitors and residents to get more out of their stay."

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Re:Predictions of the future! by andrewbaldwin · 2012-01-09 22:47 · Score: 4, Insightful

Shame you posted AC - and shame I haven't any mod points because this is a pretty good post and a fair reflection on the attitudes of many.
You've missed a few nuances:
The Daily Mail somehow contriving to blame "the fiasco" [ie any deviation from perfect performance] on the BBC, the EU, Muslims...
Rupert Murdoch's mates "hacking" the service (ie just exploiting human fallibility and poor security practices but glamorising it beyond belief)
The Slashdot meme of surveillance cameras everywhere - and how they'd use the bandwidth
The sanctimonious posing by Boris Johnson and cronies about how they're "investing for London" and the "Olympic legacy" -- followed by the quiet dismantling and removing of the service later.
I'm sure there are other suggestions - but your post was particularly good.