LIBRARY users have hit out after their wi-fi facility was shut down and moved to another area.
Equipment was removed from Pollok and transferred to Cardonald Library after Glasgow Life said the service was too expensive. Greater Pollok councillor David McDonald said it was "unacceptable" that residents should lose out to those in other parts of the city.
Mr McDonald discovered the wi-fi had been removed during a surgery at the library, part of Pollok Civic Realm which is located at the back of Silverburn Shopping Centre.
He said: "One of the big bonuses of having a surgery at the library was the ability to instantly get to work on constituents' problems utilising the wi-fi, so I was annoyed and confused as to why it had been removed at a time when that sort of service is becoming a standard feature. I was even more shocked to find out from Glasgow Life that the network and the equipment had been transfer to Cardonald Library.
"Glasgow Life said it was too expensive to provide the people of Pollok with free wi-fi, but that's not acceptable, people living in Pollok shouldn't lose out to those living in Partick or the city centre."
A spokeswoman for Glasgow Life said the library still offers free broadband on PCs. She added: "There was very little uptake in the wi-fi service at Pollok library so the decision was made to move the equipment to another facility where it would be used more by the public."
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