T-Mobile Opens Largest Wi-Fi Hotspot in Heathrow's Terminal 5

T-Mobile UK has launched its largest Wi-Fi hotpsot covering the interior of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. The new Heathrow Terminal 5 Wi-Fi HotSpot is T-MobileÃ's largest in the UK, spanning the equivalent of approximately 50 football pitches. The Wi-Fi service is also available through T-Mobile at the other Heathrow Terminals.

For those passengers who are not customers of T-Mobile or other participating providers, the Terminal 5 HotSpot service is priced at £5 for one hourÃ's access, or £10 for 24 hours, payable by credit card. There is also a monthly subscription service for regular users at £20 per month.

"T-Mobile is committed to meet the increasing demand for people on the move to be able to connect to the internet when and where they need to - whether for business or pleasure," comments Richard Warmsley, Head of Internet on the Move, T-Mobile UK. "One in four new contract customers are signing up for our mobile broadband service and user numbers are set to quadruple in 2008. ItÃ's clear this trend is set to continue and customers now expect to be able to hook up to the internet anywhere and at any time, particularly at major transport hubs like Terminal 5."

It should be noted that in this correspondent's experience, the IP address platform used by T-Mobile's Wi-Fi service in the UK is often reported to be located in Germany, so expect a lot of German adverts on websites - not to mention Google redirecting you to their German website if you try doing a websearch.

Posted to the site on 3rd September 2008