The Register® — Biting the hand that feeds IT   London Mayor
Boris grilled on Virgin's Underground penetration  Answered -
who, what and for how long  5 ways to prepare your advertising
infrastructure for disaster   Responding to questions from
Mayorwatch, TfL explained that Virgin Media is paying to provide
public Wi-Fi over infrastructure that was being fitted to the
tube network anyway, and that Virgin will be allowed to make use
of "public information channels" to publicise its service, but
it won't get free advertising.  After a few months of free
access (long enough to last the Olympics) the network will
remain gratis for Virgin Media customers, but everyone else will
have to pay. Virgin Media will maintain its monopoly at least
until the contract comes up for renewal in 2017, but there won't
be Virgin logos on the platforms beyond those within the usual
poster sites.  Virgin Media will get some promotion of the
service, as the London Underground will be "allowing access to
the same public information c