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BT is reviving its network of ailing public phone boxes by breathing some wi-fi life into them.Nearly 100 of them in the UK's big towns and cities will become wireless broadband access points, or wi-fi hotspots, by the end of the week.
They will be on the street near hotels, cafes or restaurants where people need fast net access through laptops or handheld computers.
By Christmas, 200 of BT's 108,000 phone boxes will have wi-fi in them.
Old favourite
Even some of the familiar old red telephone boxes could be getting the wi-fi upgrade by the end of the year.
Public phone use has dropped considerably with the rise of mobile phone ownership, even though they are still vital in certain areas.
Many remain unused or are vandalised, so wi-fi could prove a attractive new use.
Wi-fi allows people to connect to the net at broadband speeds without cables, as long as they have the equipment and a wi-fi account.
FIRST WI-FI PHONE BOX SPOTS London: 14 N England: 17 Scotland: 20 Source: BT Openzone |
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BT aims to have a total of 4,000 public access points for its Openzone wi-fi network around the country by summer 2004.
Cafe conflict?
Finale 2009 torrent mac app. Ian Fogg, analyst at Jupiter Research said putting wi-fi in phone boxes was generally good news, but warned it could be disruptive for some businesses.
'Lots of hotspot developments in Europe been about getting people into premises,' he told BBC News Online.
'But if you are a cafe and you already set up your hotspot with the intention that people come in, buy a coffee and access the internet, there could be a conflict there.'
A wi-fi hotspot in a public phone box on the street could mean people will stop using the cafe's own one, he says.
However, the problem for most people who want to use wi-fi is knowing exactly where the hotspots are before they think about leaving their cables behind.
'So what would make big difference is if BT could say where there is a public payphone, there is wi-fi,' added Mr Fogg.
The wi-fi phone boxes will be identified by an Openzone logo.
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 27, 1977 |
| Summary | Runway collision |
| Site | Los Rodeos Airport Tenerife, Canary Islands(now Tenerife North Airport) Coordinates: 28°28′54″N16°20′18″W / 28.48165°N 16.3384°W |
| Total fatalities | 583 |
| Total injuries | 61 |
| Total survivors | 61 |
| First aircraft | |
PH-BUF, the KLM Boeing 747-206B involved in the accident | |
| Type | Boeing 747-206B |
| Name | Rijn ('Rhine') |
| Operator | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | KL4805 |
| ICAO flight No. | KLM4805 |
| Call sign | KLM 4805 |
| Registration | PH-BUF |
| Flight origin | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Netherlands |
| Destination | Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
| Passengers | 234 |
| Crew | 14 |
| Fatalities | 248 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
A Pan Am Boeing 747-121, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Type | Boeing 747-121 |
| Name | Clipper Victor |
| Operator | Pan American World Airways |
| IATA flight No. | PA1736 |
| ICAO flight No. | PAA1736 |
| Call sign | CLIPPER 1736 |
| Registration | N736PA |
| Flight origin | Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, United States |
| Stopover | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, U.S. |
| Destination | Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
| Passengers | 380 |
| Crew | 16 |
| Fatalities | 335 (326 passengers, 9 crew) |
| Injuries | 61 |
| Survivors | 61 |
The Tenerife airport disaster happened on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747s collided on the ground of Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport). This crash killed 583 people onboard the two flights.
The crash was caused by many reasons. One reason is that as the KLM captain wanted to takeoff quickly so that he could return to Amsterdam. This made him misunderstand that he was cleared by Air Traffic Controller to takeoff and so he began to take off, eventually crashing into the Pan Am flight.[1] At that time, the Tenerife North Airport did not have ground radar, so the controllers could not know that the KLM flight was taking off.[2]
Another reason was the fog surrounding the airport. The bad weather reduced the visibility, meaning the pilots could not see each other and neither could the controllers see the two planes on the runway. Because of the fog, the pilots only saw each other at the last minute, when they could not have prevented the crash. If there was no fog, the KLM crew would have seen the Pan Am plane on the runway and would not have taken off.[2]
It was the worst crash in the history of aviation.[3]
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References[changechange source]
- ↑'ASN Aircraft Accident Boeing 747-121 N736PA Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport (TFN).' Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ 2.02.1Mayday, Crash of the Century (Special). Cineflix, 2006.
- ↑'Aviation Safety Network > Statistics > Worst accidents > 100 worst accidents.' Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved April 7,