And Freemail - the UK's first free outdoor email service - is proving the most popular service just a month after its launch in a blaze of publicity by Culture Minister Chris Smith MP. Nearly two-thirds tapping into the six outdoor i-plus points are using them to send emails on the move. Emails can be sent from the points 24 hours a day, seven days a week without account fees or call charges. The points, which are conveniently situated in busy high street venues, often close to bus-stops, are also frequently accessed for local council information. One of the key aims of the i-plus network is to bring Local Government closer to the community in line with Central Government objectives that a quarter of local authority dealings with the public should be capable of being made online by 2002. |