Boris wants London to be a "wifi city"

[danrok]

Mayor Boris Johnson has said he wanted London to become "a wi-fi city", where the internet was available anywhere.

"Let's do it, beginning in Stratford in this fantastic area of opportunity," he told BBC London 94.9, referring to the location of the main 2012 Olympic site.

He said this was better than a £300m plan announced by Gordon Brown, where vouchers for computers will be given to schoolchildren to get them online.

That sounded "a bit like a desperate bribe by the prime minister", he added.

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BBC NEWS | England | London | Mayor sees London as 'wi-fi city'

At least one person is pleased.

[Aedan]

Yeah, it's wiffy enough...

[Kaitain]

So like the Milton Keynes britezone venture, then?

Don't be fooled by the coverage map - in practice, it's only available in Midsummer Place, only some of the time, and isn't quite as free and unrestricted as advertised. Still, there's always a kid with a laptop sitting around downloading movies without recourse somewhere. I understand it costs Brite Yellow quite a bit to maintain a decent wifi service over central MK - I'd imagine the cost in London with its somewhat denser architecture would be... prohibitive.