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Posted 15th February 2010 at 2:35pm by Jonathan Leggett

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Last week, BT confirmed that its wireless broadband network now numbers a million hotspots across the UK. To mark the occasion, they’re throwing a party dubbed Thanks A Milllion at the super-cool Jetsons-style environs of the BT Tower.

And thanks to BT’s Hunt for Tw-easure Twitter competition that’s just started this week, you could be in attendance, too. Just so long as you can follow the clues leading you to the millionth hotspot, that is.

The BT Tower, London

Unfortunately, unlike most treasure hunts, this (WiFi spot) isn’t marked with an X. Instead, if you want to make like Long John Silver, you’ll have to head to BT OpenZone’s Twitter feed and try to work out the location from the info that BT drip feeds you.

If you’re lucky enough to nab first prize, you’ll get two tickets to the bash as well as a choice of either 12 months free BT Total Broadband Option or 12 months free BT Business Total Broadband Option 2. Five runners-up will receive a pair of passes for the party and a BT Openzone Original subscription. This offers 500 minutes of internet access a month at thousands of BT Wi-Fi hotspots.

At the time of writing, just one cryptic clue has been released into the web ether (apparently it’s in an East Midlands city beginning with ‘L’). But we’re promised another one this afternoon...

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5 comments

  • Linda, 16th February 2010.

    I'd rather they spent the money they're spending for the party on rolling out a fibre optic broadband service in my area. Sooner rather than later, please.

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  • Charles Harvey, 16th February 2010.

    Are you going to put us "out of townies" up for the night somewhere too? Expensive prize otherwise !

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  • Emma Weaver, 19th February 2010.

    This leads me to Leicester.

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  • Bec, 1st March 2010.

    I'd prefer BT upped their meagre usage rate rather than ponce about with parties. Shows a lack of customer-focused vision.

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  • Dan Luke, 1st March 2010.

    For probably 80 per cent of people 10GB is more than enough. There are millions of people out there who don't download and game and wanna watch TV on a TV, so 10GB will sort them right out.

    Considering the amount of people taking up dongle usage, where there is a terrible lack of decent limits, 10GB is a nice starting point I'd say.

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