Birmingham Wifi Map launched

Since I seem to be using this Post blog as a platform to campaign for better wireless internet provision in Birmingham it would be remiss of me not to draw your attention to a new initiative to map what currently exists.

Wifi in Birmingham is a simple Google map which anyone can edit. If you know of a wifi node in the city simply add a marker and write a short description of the place.

It was only started a few days ago but already there's a nice stream of points (seemingly on a route from Kings Heath through Digbeth to the Jewellery quarter, but that might just reflect the folks who've been contributing so far). Interestingly all of them are free. You could say there's no need to map the paid-for nodes since we've got blanket coverage. You could say that. Or you could say paid-for wifi is a fools errand and no-one is interested. I'll let you decide what you want to say.

But for now, if you're a digitally nomadic laptop slinger in the city please add your haunts to the map. It's hoped that this will be useful for visitors, not to mention make residents aware that they can get online for free in the city.