Connectivity while traveling to London

Work is sending me to London for a bit over a week. I plan to take my WiFi + 3G iPad. I assume I won't have any trouble connecting to Wi-Fi networks? I'm also guessing I'm out of luck in connecting to phone service with my iPad but thought I'd turn to the experts here for advice. What has been your experience? What do you recommend?

I'm also guessing I'm out of luck in connecting to phone service with my iPad
Here in the UK at least 4 providers offer iPad data plans - just pop into their stores and one of them will be able to sort you out. Here's their websites:
shop.o2.co.uk/ipadtariffs/index.html
t-mobile.co.uk/ipad
orange.co.uk/ipad
three.co.uk/ipad
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