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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")."

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  1. Contractors... by scaltagi_the_pirate · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And if you work as a contractor..."travel time is billable time!"

  2. The Germans get WiFi on their trains... by gwydion04 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... wherease we get no trains. Bush is planning to cut all federal funds for Amtrak, which will pretty much kill it.

    I want my uber-trains with wifi, darnit!

  3. Link to original article, not translation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Some of us are not constrained to speaking only English. Please link to the original language of an article and if someone wants to translate it, they can post a babelfish or other link in the comments.