Wedged at the very center of the Greater London area is a spot so tiny, it seems almost like a pushpin holding the map in place. In fact, it's geographically wee as well, only approximately 2.6 kilometers in size, or about one mile, giving the area its nickname, "Square Mile." This is the City of London, a small city within the Greater London area, and the historic core of London, once surrounded by a wall built by the Romans to protect the strategic port, but now a bustling business center that ranks alongside other top cities as a leading area of global finance.

Wedged into the Square Mile are over 500 financial institutions, and some have noted that there are more Japanese banks in the City of London than in Tokyo, and more American ones than in New York. Thanks to a mesh Wi-Fi network, the Square Mile isn't just Europe's leading financial center, but possibly the continent's most advanced wireless network as well.

As a partner of The Cloud in the United Kingdom, iPass brings you seamless Wi-Fi coverage throughout the Square Mile, with over 125 access points, and many more planned, with coverage reaching 95 percent of the areas owned by the City of London Corporation. The Wi-Fi network achieves such extensive reach by having access points not only in buildings and retail shops, but also embedded in street signs and even lamp posts. iPassConnect users will find all access in the Square Mile listed as "Corporation of London," and from there, it's just a matter of where you'd like to surf today.

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