UK WiFi Factoids.

[WiFi.com]

I pulled this from a news article posted at vnunet - directly off the RSS feed on the WiFi.com homepage. The original article relates to wifi access and the innovation it will promote.

These are some interesting facts about UK wifi.

"How densely covered is the UK in terms of WiFi access?

• The UK is the most wireless-enabled country in Europe, home to 39 per cent of the continent’s WiFi hotspots, according to BroadGroup research. London alone has 1,928 WiFi hotspots, more than any other city in Europe.

• BT’s Wireless Cities project will create 12 new WiFi zones in city centres across the UK. The six chosen so far are Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Westminster in central London. All the installations are expected to be complete by March 2007.

• Existing WiFi zones in the UK include the City of London, Exeter, Glasgow, Islington, Milton Keynes and Manchester.

• About 99 million people around the world have WiFi-capable computers, according to analyst Gartner, with the number of wireless hotspots around the world increasing by 47 per cent this year."