The week in your words: Ofcom's Phorm filling

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By Barry Collins

Posted on 26 Sep 2008 at 18:35

No, the tech-tastic mayor wants to turn London into the world's biggest Wi-Fi hotspot.

JJW009 hit the mayor of London with the congestion charge. "The airwaves are cluttered enough as it is," he said. "I live in a fairly rural area but I can't find a usable Wi-Fi channel because there are about 20 APs in range already."

Others claimed the concept was as redundant as Ken Livingstone. "I'm not sure about anyone else, but I've got 'Wi-Fi' wherever I go already," said Derrenbomb. "It's called a mobile phone or USB dongle and connects to the mobile system via HSDPA."

And then there's the small matter of whether he's even allowed to do it in the first place. "A similar scheme was proposed for Dublin which was rejected as 'Dublin City Council decided the plan would be contrary to EU law on state aid, as well as not financially possible'," claims declansweeney. "Projected cost was 27m Euros."

27m Euros? We're going to have to get Ofcom to work nights as well.

Until next week.