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London Installing Largest Free Wifi Network

Posted by Unknown on 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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  1. Read the fine print by LoudMusic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Read the fine print when you agree to their terms of service.

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  2. Wireless@SG by mjwx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In Westminster alone, it could be providing internet access to half a million tourists each day, 250,000 residents and 500,000 workers.

    Half a million of tourists - would they plan to ask for a "tourist id" for granting access?

    They should just ask Singapore how Singapore handles it.

    Wireless@SG works in most places I've tried it (Changi Airport, Orchid road). I get the code from the info booth at the airport, valid for 4 hours and wander around Singapore for a bit before my next flight. Handy for long stopovers. A beer in SG is expensive enough, doubly so in an airport (S$13 last time I was there).

    The simple way would be registration via an email address, get a code for Wireless@LON for 14 days. Beyond this, SMS codes. seeing as these are captive portals, you regester to have an access code SMS'ed to any UK phone (probably work for any EU phone).

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