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First UK On-Train WiFi Service Launches Monday

Posted by timothy on from the train-travel-rules dept.

dave writes "UK train company GNER starts trials of the UK's first on-train wireless Internet access service. Currently only available on limited services and in First Class; if the trial is successful the service will be rolled out across the entire fleet in both Standard and First Class."

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  1. VIA Already has this by yani · · Score: 5, Informative
    VIA (the national train service in Canada) already has this on thier first class cars, see here.

    I've seen one go by while I was at the train station on day waiting for the commuter train but it was going by a bit too quickly for me to try to grab a connection with my axim x3i :P

  2. France is doing it too by Krunch · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a link (PDF). Sorry it's in French but I can't find one in English. Here is the Google translation of the HTML version.

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