The Register reports that Westminister council plans to install WiFi across Soho – initially to help council workers and possibly to help with their ubiquitous CCTV surveillance plans – but later, apparently, the network may be opened to the public. (Doubtless the more techno-savvy members of the public are finding ways to get their WiFi free in central London already).
It is not clear whether the access it would provide would be free of charge or not. Let’s hope they don’t decide to try to recoup their costs of installation by charging people – the council is Conservative so that’s the sort of thing you might expect from them…
Thanks to iSociety for the heads up
