One of the ramifications of the London Transport bombings is that many information providers got swamped, and will certainly be checking the “scalability” sections of their implementation plans.

Honorable mentions for staying up and running in the face of the tsunami of requests go to CNN, which has been running a free audio-video stream, and the really magnificent BBC Five Live audio stream.

I have been up for much of the last 24 hours, working, and have been able to notice the increased load as news of the event occurred in the early morning hours, then as the East Coast came awake and online, and three hours later, as the West Coast arrived. Interesting.

But that’s only half of what I wanted to share.

I’ve been keeping track of what’s going on, and chatting with friends in Londontown, via AnchorFree’s new free WiFi coverage of the Castro. Since our last post on the matter, coverage has been extended to from the Fillmore and Castro to include Chestnut Street, Union Street, Union Square, and University Avenue in Palo Alto. (Geek note: all ports seem open: I can get and send email, audio, and VPN.)

If this doesn’t help, check out http://bayareafreefi.com/, which covers lots and lots of cities and displays them with Google maps.

Share and enjoy.