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"I will write to my MP asking for free WiFi access at the British Library but only if 20 other people will do the same."
— Heather Brooke
Deadline to sign up by: 5th May 2005
14 people signed up, 6 more were needed
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The British Library has granted a monopoly to a private company to provide wi-fi Internet access. A library is a free public resource, but if you want to access electronic resources at the British Library you are forced to pay 4.50 for an hour's usage, while calls to a helpdesk cost 50p per minute. Contrast this to American public libraries where wi-fi access is free.
You can read my posting about this on the 'Your Right to Know' blog: http://www.yrtk.org/2005/iwr-british-lib...
The story was covered by Information World Review - http://www.iwr.co.uk/IWR/1162520
The new mySociety website www.writetothem.com makes it super easy to write to your MP - it'll take you 2 minutes and is both free and easy to use.