Cafes in the capital of Malaysia will be required to provide Wi-Fi

While the Belarusian government claims full control over the Internet, Malaysia is trying in every way to help increase its accessibility. Starting in April, any cafe in the center of Kuala Lumpur, which wants to obtain or renew a license, should provide Wi-Fi to its customers.

The new requirement of the city hall of the Malaysian capital will be applied to restaurants with an area of ​​more than 120 square meters. Restaurants, as well as cafes, pubs, bars and clubs will have to provide Wi-Fi for their customers for free or for a reasonable fee.

Prior to this, in Kuala Lumpur, since May 2008, one and a half thousand free hot spots have been installed. However, this service will soon close, as the municipality decided not to renew the contract with the provider that established them. Thus, the municipality wants to give other providers the opportunity to offer better communication and additional services for citizens.
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Ubiquitous Wi-Fi is, of course, great, but from my own experience I can say that free Wi-Fi is bad for owners because a visitor can order a cup of coffee for one euro and take a table all day. And paid Wi-Fi is kind of weird.

via New Straits Times , The Next Web