London: One Big WiFi Hotspot

Deathsythe | April 16, 2007 | News | Mobile Gaming Tech/Hardware

New technology will turn London into Europe's biggest WiFi Hotspot. Users will be charged about £11 a month.

It will use a new "mesh" technology to transfer users automatically from base station to base station as they walk by, allowing uninterrupted web use.

Some 130 base stations will be used to cover the area when the system is turned on next week.

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Sakura | April 17, 2007

That's actually pretty nice. We are suppose to have something like that set up here [i]eventually[i]. I don't know if I would be willing to pay for it though. ^^;
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Deathsythe | April 17, 2007

I have the advantage of being able to use my campus Wifi free of charge. Granted the 40 or so thousand dollars a year I'm paying to attend the college is more than enough, but still.

This has been purposed for a few major cities in the States, but I'm not sure about the specifics.
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Mastix | April 17, 2007

It's cool but it'll be costly. I would love it if the service was included as a global tax. So everyone would have it and pay for it equally.
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  Deathsythe | April 17, 2007
  
  What do they do about users without laptops or cellphones or other net ready devices? Would they have to pay the tax too? Something like this can only work in a case by case basis. Can any UK users enlighten us on this?
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madtown | April 17, 2007

Woah, I wish the US would get something like this, it would be awesome being able to access Wi-Fi like that, I wouldn't mind a small fee. =O
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Linkin Park Fan | April 17, 2007

11 euros is about what, 27 us dollars. That sounds like a pretty good deal. And more people can go online with there ps3's.
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Cool Blue | April 18, 2007

Lucky London. Its one big hot spot.
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Vermillion | April 21, 2007

I would love to be in London. That big Hotspot must be awesome.