COFFEE shops and cafes across Britain are set to become focal points for wireless connections to the Internet. You’ll just walk in with your laptop and log on. The idea has already taken Silicon Valley by storm, but the service will further concern campaigners in Britain worried about the proliferation of microwave radiation sources.
British Telecom (BT) says it will install 4000 microwave antenna “hotspots” in high street cafes and on payphones over the next three years. Anyone within 300 metres of an antenna will be able to log on to the Net, providing their laptop is fitted with a…
