Cllr Bridget Fox announces the ‘Technology Mile’ goes live; now providing free and convenient internet access to all citizens, workers and visitors in Upper Street.

Upper Street, Islington, 7th June 2005 - Islington’s bustling thoroughfare today takes on a new dimension in serving the community with the official unveiling of the ‘Technology Mile’, a wireless broadband network providing citizens with free access to the internet and council services.

The ‘Technology Mile’ is so-called as it stretches from The Angel to Highbury Corner, providing one mile of unbroken wireless broadband coverage to support the residents, workers and visitors in this thriving, multi-cultural borough.

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