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Internet and Email Extra chan nels available include
Internet access is very easy to BBC4 (arts-oriented) and various
find in London. Public libraries, movie, shop ping and music
tourist information centres and channels. In addition, many
some other public buildings hotels also have satellite systems.
have free terminals. Most hotels If you want to view US and
and a growing number of B&Bs other international chan nels
and hostels offer Wi-Fi access. (such as ESPN), ask whet her a
Charges are increasingly rare. hotel has Sky Plus or an
There are also many free Wi-Fi enhanced Freeview package.
hotspots across London, in arts The BBC also has a number of
centres, cafés, restaurants and radio stations, of which Radios 1
pubs, so using your personal (97–99 FM) and 2 (88–91 FM)
devices is easy. The Cloud is a focus on pop music of different
free Wi-Fi service provider used kinds, Radio 3 (90.2 FM) on
in many of these destinations. Newsagent stocking a range of classical and jazz, Radio 4 (92–96
The service only requires you to international newspapers FM) on speech and drama, and
log in for access and does not Radio 5 (909/693 AM) on news
have a data allowance (fair International letters and cards and sport. BBC London (94.9
usage policy applies). Leading sent from London take about FM) is good for keeping up with
internet providers in London three days to reach European local issues and interests.
also provide reliable hotspots. destinations, and four to six days
to North America, Australasia or DIRECTORY
Japan. A competitively priced
Postal Services Airsure service provides express Telephone Services
Standard post in the UK is deliveries (2–4 days world wide), British Telecom (BT)
handled by the Royal Mail. There as well as a much slow er but Tel 150 or 0800 800 150.
are main post offices providing cheaper surface mail option. ∑ bt.com
all postal services in every
London district, as well as many Newspapers and EE
smaller sub-post offices Tel 0800 956 6000.
attached to news agents and Magazines ∑ ee.co.uk
other small shops – these can London’s main local papers are O2
handle all normal mail. Main the Evening Standard, distributed Tel 0344 809 0222.
post offices are usually open free in the centre of town from ∑ o2.co.uk
from 9am to 5:30pm Monday noon on week days, and the Vodafone
to Friday, and to 12:30pm on Metro, which is the morning Tel 0808 408 408.
Saturday. Post offices also paper. Time Out London magazine, ∑ vodafone.co.uk
exchange money and handle published each Tuesday, is
international money transfers. London’s most comprehensive Postal Services
Post within the UK can be listings guide, while Stylist
sent by first- or second-class Magazine and Shortlist are life- Royal Mail
mail. First-class costs a little style publications. Tel 0845 7740 740.
more and is quicker. Stamps can A range of international news- ∑ royalmail.com
be bought from post offices. papers and magazines, including Newspapers and
Newsagents usually sell them, USA Today, Inter national Herald Magazines
but may only have UK first- and Tribune and major European
second-class stamps, so for papers, is on sale at newsstands Evening Standard
international mail you may need and news agents around central ∑ standard.co.uk
to find a post office. Public post London. For more specialist Metro
boxes can be foreign press, one of the best ∑ metro.co.uk
sunk into walls places to go is Old Compton
or freestanding Street in Soho. Stylist
but are always ∑ stylist.co.uk
red, and can Shortlist
be found TV and Radio ∑ shortlist.com
throughout The UK’s analogue signal has
the city. There been turned off; all radio and TV Time Out
are several is digital. The publicly owned ∑ timeout.com/london
collections a BBC operates several television Wi-Fi Services
day (Mon–Sat); stations, including BBC One, BBC
times are Two and BBC News. Other free- The Cloud
Old-style indicated on to-air channels are the inde- ∑ thecloud.net/
pillar box the box. pendent ITV, Channel 4 and Five.

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