David

Marlow

Management consultant

Having just returned from a visit to Padstow, I would like to comment on the lack of availability of any form of wireless communications in parts of the UK. Despite being thought of as Cornwall's answer to Kensington, the only GSM coverage in much of the town was from Orange, and while BT have an OpenZone conveniently located in the tourist information centre, there was nowhere to put a laptop down; the kind advice from the centre was to sit on the wall outside. The only way of getting internet access where it was possible to read a laptop screen was through a GPRS connection that was available in the quayside car park!