I think that you should WarChalk the free Leicester Square WiFi internet connection being provided by the LondonTown.com listings/tourist info service.

WarChalking is not a crime!

If it is public then it shouldn't need chalking - should be made clear anyway.

Not even BT Openzone or other commercial WiFi hotspots could put up enough signs up to cover the areas of Leicester Square which the WiFi signals reach. It is unlikely that anyone would get planning permission, let alone be able to compete with the neon and advertising from the cinemas etc.

If you have your WiFi enabled laptop or PDA switched on then it is obvious that the free hotspot is just that, but the whole point of WarChalking is to let people know that the area so marked (in a non-permanent fashion) may be worth the effort of switching on your equipment in the first place.

Point taken - but War Chalking is a bit of a secret language for the indoctrinated - bit obscure for the layperson, who might still have a wireless card in her laptop.

People setting up hot-spots should take responsibility for publicising them clearly - otherwise they aren't really doing the great service they might like to thing.

War chalking can compliment this for the techies.

I am talking public hotspots here, not concealed business ones. I thought that was the point of war chalking...

Hi,
I am going to chalk the site but I am trying to work out where the best place to put the mark as there is a good signal all round...when it`s working :-P
As it is a connection donated free of charge and is for publicity all I am doing is drawing them more custom.
+:-)

hi,
I am the aforesaid layperson that g might have been talking about previously- a) i live in Leicester Sq, b) I have an airport equipped apple powerbook, c) i have no knowledge of wi-fi as i only use my 56k modem. can you tell me where this hotspot is and is it any use to me?
Cheers
Kenny