Wi-fi on UK Trains

[sem4u]

GNER, which operates between London Kings Cross, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland, is working with wireless internet firm Icomera to offer uninterrupted wi-fi coverage across its routes.

Satellite dishes on the trains will connect to a variety of networks along the route, including digital TV connections and mobile base stations.

The speed of connection will vary depending on the obstacles along the train track.

When a train enters a tunnel, multiple mobile phone connections are accessed to prevent the service dropping off.

[news.bbc.co.uk...]

[ukgimp]

>>The speed of connection will vary depending on the
>>obstacles along the train track.

So we will be knackered in the autumn when there are leaves on the line :)

[sem4u]

LOL - a few wet leaves and the whole system will have to be shut down ;)

[hayluke]

Maybe they should think a bit simpler and try to get some of the trains to run on time occasionally..

[Leosghost]

Next thing they'll put dvd in the backs of all the seats for you to watch while you're stuck in a siding due to "clouds in the sky" or "r in the month" .. :))

[Sanenet]

I just love those "Mobile Phone Free" sections they have. Are they really that much of a pain?

[Fiver]

They have wifi on the VIA trains that run around here in Canada, but it's fairly hopeless.

To get electricity on the train you have to sit at the back of the cabs, to but be in usable range of the wifi you have to sit at the front of the train. So to really use a laptop there's only one seat available, the back of the first cab.

I've never had that seat.