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UK Trains Take WiFi Route To Connectivity

Posted by simoniker on from the last-train-to-netcentral dept.

Randy Sparks writes "The BBC is reporting that one of the UK's largest train operators, GNER, is to offer Wi-Fi net access on its trains. What's interesting is how this net connection will be achieved - by a combination of networks provided by multiple mobile phone connections or even digital TV Internet, provided from ground stations the train passes by. It'll cost UKP4.95 per hour for train goers, although First Class Travellers will get it free..."

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  1. Its GBP! by Krik+Johnson · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why do people keep giving us the wrong currency symbol? GBP is the international standard code for pounds, not UKP! For another thing, slashdot dosen't allow pound signs either. Stupid stuck in 1997 website deisgn that dosen't even have valid HTML 3.2!

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    1. Re:Its GBP! by rikkus-x · · Score: 5, Informative

      Official ISO standard for what? Great Britain is an island. The United Kingdom is a country. Northern Ireland is a province, England and Scotland are Kingdoms, Wales is a principality.

      People usually talk in terms of countries, so what are the ISO people using Great Britain for, I wonder?

      Rik