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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. Geeks of slashdot unite! by Gentlewhisper · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This RailNet thing is ub3r c00l!!!

    Next on the list: "Airlines to get SkyNet!"

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  2. Re:Old news in Sweden by sllim · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wait a minute....
    A Linux TRAIN?!?!?

    That's just effing incredible. Why have I never read of this on Slashdot before?
    So what is the deal, is the train powered by Linux? Or maybe just Penguins?

  3. Re:This is good by Gnavpot · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I live in Denmark, just north of Germany, and would really like to see this in danish trains.

    Seems that I live in the same Denmark. The one north of Germany, that is.

    The Danish railways are planning on having this available from the end of 2005. It will be free when travelling on first class. Otherwise the price will be 10-20 DKK = 1.30-2.60 EUR = 2-4 USD per trip. (Based on the currency exchange rates I remember from the top of my head.)

  4. Where can I be OFF the net... by MosesJones · · Score: 0, Redundant


    I've got a 3G phone, Broadband at home, WiFi in cafe's and now there is internet on the trains and planes.

    Time to buy that Faraday cage.

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