Great news for all of the Brittish living in London, a company called MeshHopper joined forces with Free-Hotspot to bring a free Wireless Network across the river Thames.

The network, which will be called Online-4-free requires people to look at a 15 to 30 second advertisement every 30 minutes to gain access to the network with a modest 256Kbps. If you prefer not seeing the advertisement, you will have access to a 500kbps connection for the modest fee of: “$6 (2.95 pounds) per hour or $20 (9.95 pounds) a month”.

I couldn’t be happier about this, since I’m hoping to move there soon, but hopefully these sorts of initiatives should become more common in other areas and countries as the years go by.

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