U.K. phone booths to get Wi-Fi: Like Verizon in New York City, BT is unwiring some of its phone booths in big cities so folks in nearby cafes or restaurants can use Wi-Fi. It's shooting to have 4,000 up and running by next summer.
Ian Fogg, an analyst at Jupiter Research, makes a good point in the story. He wonders if the service may compete with Wi-Fi access that cafes and restaurants may be offering. It'll be interesting to watch how competition works in Wi-Fi when multiple operators offer service in the same areas.