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German Railways To Get WLAN RailNet

Posted by Zonk on from the wlan-spiderwebs dept.

wertarbyte writes "According to the German IT news site Heise, german Telekom and the german railway corporation Deutsche Bahn have formed an alliance to equip the ICE high speed trains with WLAN access (Babelfish translation), as well as the stations those trains arrive at. This offer is aimed at business travellers, and will first be introduced on routes frequented by those ("travel time is usable time")."

7 of 202 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Is it free ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where is this "free beer" everyone is always talking about? I must be getting screwed...even Keystone Light is costing me 15+...

  2. Does that mean it's.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    War-railing?

  3. Will it work? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    In my physics classes we learned that German trains usually operate at relativistic speeds (with effects that baffled many commuters until they were finally explained by Einstein).

    Will consumer-grade WLAN equipment be able to deal with issues such as Doppler shifted frequencies and dilated packet times?

  4. Re:This will be nice by The+Amazing+Fish+Boy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I recently took one of those high speed trains, from Amsterdam to Frankfurt. It was very pleasant.

    Of course it was pleasant. After being in Amsterdam for a while, doing anything is pleasant. You may also be hungry.

  5. wardial? by nameless_man · · Score: 3, Funny

    so - can you wardial for 15 seconds at a time if you live near the tracks?

  6. Re:Can anyone explain please by dotgain · · Score: 3, Funny
    It goes over the rails, of course!

    If only they were able to twist the rails around each other, they'd be able to get even better throughput.

    disclaimer: don't take me seriously
  7. Re:Yes, but... by peculiarmethod · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I'd probably kill time by reading a book instead."

    I hope it's on the Slashdot Approved List, else ye are a sinner and should lose -2 points for blasphemy.

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