This was going to be a bit of a rant about BT FON...
...but I got sidetracked into a discussion about vintage relationships in the TARDIS, and this turned up:
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlMTMV_CJo
Now then...where was I? Oh, yes. BT FON. It's the sort of touchy-feely nonsense which sounds idyllic on the surface, but carries an unfortunate payload of having any old passing chav in the vicinity leeching off your wi-fi signal once you sign up:
http://www.btfon.com
The only reason I mention it is that BT's latest promotional wheeze (apart from trying to sell people the notion that the bloke from My Family is actually going to get hitched to that nagging single parent with the children who aren't his*) is free wi-fi in Starbucks. It's already confused some people on the forum:
http://bt.com/forums/btfon/
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Bonus: Oh, and speaking of wi-fi, the London Eye...
(Ugh. Ugly, ugly, ugly.)
...is getting its wireless connectivity boosted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8054296.stm (via londonist).
Doubtless a great relief to Twitterers in the capital previously thwarted in their desires to tell people how sick and ripped-off they feel whilst up there.
*
http://myreader.co.uk/msg/1142281609.aspx (Cheers to D.)
Click to viewDirect link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlMTMV_CJo
Now then...where was I? Oh, yes. BT FON. It's the sort of touchy-feely nonsense which sounds idyllic on the surface, but carries an unfortunate payload of having any old passing chav in the vicinity leeching off your wi-fi signal once you sign up:
http://www.btfon.com
The only reason I mention it is that BT's latest promotional wheeze (apart from trying to sell people the notion that the bloke from My Family is actually going to get hitched to that nagging single parent with the children who aren't his*) is free wi-fi in Starbucks. It's already confused some people on the forum:
http://bt.com/forums/btfon/
________________________________
Bonus: Oh, and speaking of wi-fi, the London Eye...
(Ugh. Ugly, ugly, ugly.)
...is getting its wireless connectivity boosted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8054296.stm (via londonist).
Doubtless a great relief to Twitterers in the capital previously thwarted in their desires to tell people how sick and ripped-off they feel whilst up there.
*
http://myreader.co.uk/msg/1142281609.aspx (Cheers to D.)