Wireless Internet with power points?

[Robert Nicholson]

So, my experience has been that in Starbucks in the USA (Seattle) you 
can jack in power and nobody says a word. Especially if you're ordering 
drinks etc. Trying doing that in Thailand and you get a completely 
different attitude. (They are worried about the power charge here. Not 
worried so much as see it as something that should require payment 
before use.) ... So it's not all that Laptop friendly if you don't 
carry spare batteries with you. I'm curious to know what it's like in 
the UK. A british friend of mine once told me he was accused of 
"stealing electricity" when he plugged in his laptop in a Cafe around 
Manchester. I'd expect similar treatment in other parts of the country 
too.

Here in Bangkok, Thailand they offer free wireless internet in Siam 
Discovery as a promotion from Copperwired (Applecenter) and another 
company. Anyway, whilst the service is pretty slow it works but the 
management at that complex strictly forbid customers plugging into the 
vastly available power sockets used when vacumming the floors.

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