Bobbies on the byte. The police force in Britain is going electronic in an effort to cut paperwork and red tape. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Tie this in with the MS Mira tech, better antennnas,  and convert existing police boxes and phone booths to secure WAPs and you'll have Bobbies able to work from just about anywhere.

Alternately, use the above access points for both public access and police work, with preferred access for the police, and you have a solution to last mile broadband access issues in urban areas. Offer tax breaks to companies for serving as public service wireless carriers and you give businesses a reason to offer/carry the service. Having rugged servers in police cars that act as a part of the wireless network to serve out in rural areas would be a boost as well.

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