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Free UK WiFi access for T-Mobile Web’n'Walk customers

by ms348 | January 11, 2008 at 02:58 am

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T-Mobile has announced that it will offer inclusive access to over 1,200 WiFi hotspots with its popular Web’n'Walk mobile broadband price plans.

New customers will automatically get WiFi access in over 1,200 WiFi hotspots, in locations including Starbucks coffee shops, airports, main-line train stations and service stations across the UK. Speeds of up to 8Mbps are available.

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at 04:20 on January 11th, 2008

ms348, I think your story has potential but needs some improvement. I've got a few suggestions, and if you give them a try, I'd be happy to remove this flag.

I wasn't sure what was newsworthy in this story; it looks more like a Web 'n' Walk ad.

Please review What Makes News News. It can really help if you follow the old "W5" news formula -- making sure you have answered the questions: Who? What? Where? When? And Why? (You might want to check out our J-Tips for more help.)

ms348

at 05:19 on January 11th, 2008

Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately the nature of the news is that it may read like an ad (why else would T-Mobile publish it - they want to create awareness of it).

I would say it is newsworthy for the following reasons:

- The addition of free WiFi with this type of deal, is something that consumers and small businesses are interested in. No other provider has started offering that yet. So it is a unique proposition that customers would want to hear about (and care about).

- It was good enough to be classed as "news" at the following (these are highly respected industry related websites):

- http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39292045,00.htm
- http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/news/articles/20017493808.html
- http://www.ispreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?id=EEAAAVyEZpptYlThnQ
- http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/3357-free-wi-fi-for-t-mobile-broadband-customers.html

Hope that helps.

Mikey6

at 15:02 on March 9th, 2009

T-Mobile have really proved themselves over the last year in the mobile broadband market. Although i've read reviews that the some T-Mobile mobile broadband aren't perfect, they are currently working on increasing their infrastructure to be able to provide faster download speeds for their customers.