Free Wi-fi access in the UK ?

[_Tristan_]

Hey, people, I need some info about the UK...

In two weeks time, I'll be going on a work trip to the UK for 3-weeks both in Maidstone, Kent and London.

I plan to take my laptop with me (to get online with the wife and kids... and check the forums :devil:) but I'll need some free Wi-Fi access.

Some quick search allowed me to find that most McDonald's offer free wi-fi access and that the City of London Corp. offers free internet access through The Cloud for one month (more than ample time for me), though I'll reside a bit too far away.

Could anyone point me to some nice and easy (and free) solution ?

[FactionHeir]

Hmm I'm not aware of any free Wi-Fi outside of that which you get from McD, Starbucks and some pubs (and of course people who dont secure their networks).

[_Tristan_]

OK, I'll make do with McDos then...

Supersize me !! :beam:

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

I personally am with BT Broadband and so get 250 min per month of their FON (http://www.btfon.com/) service free. You have to buy some sort of router thing though if you're not with them though, which is a bit of a flaw. Not sure about the ins and outs of that though, so I may just be being pre-judgemental.

I think but don't quote me on this one, that Stagecoach offer some form of Wi-Fi or another on their buses. I was messing about with my laptop in the taxi from the train station and, as we went past a bus, I noticed an unsecured Wi-Fi signal called "stage-coach bus". I have no idea if they operate in inner London though, or if indeed it was even an internet point.

~:)