London Mayor, Boris Johnson wants to create London into a Wi-Fi city he told the radio station BBC London 94.9, today. He suggests beginning in Stratford, the site for the 2012 Olympic games. The notion comes somewhat in response to the £300 million that the government intend to put forward to help low income families who can't afford broadband access at home, a plan which the Mayor called "a bit like a desperate bribe".
"I certainly think there is a case for dealing with people who are information technology-poor, and trying to help people get online, [but] what we need is a city where anywhere you go, you can log on, you can get on the web. They've done it in other parts of the world; why on earth can't we do it?"
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
London has already had various initiatives as well as other cities to create it into a Wi-Fi haven. The Westminster Wireless City proposal has seen the growth of Wi-Fi coverage in the Westminster area with BT Openzone deploying a network to support Westminster council, and The Cloud launched a network across The City of London in April 2007. Creating a seamless network so you can gain access anywhere in London would be a step forward, helping keep everyone up to date with news and in touch with friends and colleagues. Boris made no indications as to whether he thought the Wi-Fi access should be available for free.
Digg this
Add to del.icio.us
The raving tool also wants to build an airport from reclaimed land of the coast of the isle of sheppey. Quite what planet he is living on and where all the money will come from as just normal living prices increase and banks crumble around us though is anyones guess.... Nurse return the patient to the white room.