Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has kicked off a consultation for an open-access wi-fi network across the city

11 comments

1. Surely the required bandwidth would be massively prohibitively expensive.

   There have been a few “borough wide wifi” schemes and theyve all failed. Islington used to have StreetNet which I could see from my flat on the A1 but could never successfully connect to because it was… well, rubbish.

2. I nearly spat out my ivermectin when I saw this headline.

3. Why :/

4. With 4g and 5g mobile internet, what are the benefits of a wifi network?

5. More wastage for the consultants and his mates.

6. Still better than bojo flying Emirates. That makes no profit.
   Khan has to do something to stay in power even though he’s failing

7. They have this in Mexico City and it’s so great for tourists/non-locals, if that’s who it’s aimed at

8. Why? I’d rather pay less council tax or have safer streets or better transport. “More Internet please” isn’t a 2024 problem

9. I get that people don’t like Khan, but why are people against this? It’s streamlining existing wifis in London, so it won’t be expensive.

10. They had this in Croatia when I visited about a decade ago. Was incredibly useful as a tourist. Amazing the UK is so far behind with something so basic tbh.

11. I was visiting London a couple of weeks ago from Canada and I never had to turn on my data roaming the entire week. I was so pleased with free wifi being widely available all over the city. It seemed like every tube station, cafe, market, theatre, and retail establishment offered free wifi.