BBC NEWS | Technology | UK beach gets wireless web
...have set up a wireless network in the English seaside town of Brighton so that you can browse the web or read your e-mails while you soak up the sunshine.
The service, called PiertoPier, is being offered free to anyone who has the right gear and relies on volunteers and donations to keep it alive.
"We all live in Brighton and we want to work on the beach," explained Alex Studd of internet provider Moving Edge which is backing the project
Priceless, 'Pier to Pier'!
I have yet to actually take my laptop into my garden and see whether it will connect to the wireless network but then the battery only lasts about ten minutes. Still if I went on the beach I could get sand in it too! Maybe a Handheld device would work better... but would I really want to work on the beach?