Until now a majority of restaurants offered internet access through BT Openzone.
A few months ago the company had a falling out with BT, by moving the ISP for all company restaurants over to The Cloud (perhaps this was a hint that I should have noticed.)
So, for daring to move our ISP, BT took their bat and ball home and withdrew the Openzone service (how the fuck childish can you get?????)
But, just for once, one of the company buyers had been very shrewd, and The Cloud jumped in the breach and not only said that they were going to provide a Wi-Fi service in the restaurants, but a FREE wi-fi service!!!!!
It started to go live on 8th October (takes a while to have phone lines installed in 1300 restaurants, especially when BT are responsible for installing them) with all restaurants live by the end of the year.
So, soon you'll be able to enjoy a coffee, free internet access and get to watch a parent beating their children in the play area (the cabaret is free!!!)
That sounds great and no doubt will be a big hit, even I'm tempted and I'm vegan and eco-friendly (so I won't actually be using it now I've thought about it but it is tempting. BTW - make sure the keyboards are cleaned regularly, the sort of mess I've seen folk leave at tables, or more accurately, everywhere, leaves me thinking sticky fingers)
ATB,C.