WiMax Hits 100 mph on Rails to Brighton

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 13, 2005 @10:00PM from the network-every-where dept.

judgecorp writes "T-Mobile has put a Wi-Fi service on the London to Brighton Express commuter service. It uses WiMax (ok, pre-WiMax) for the uplink, and is cheap enough to put on any other long-distance rail service. One interesting thing is that they didn't need to wait for next year's "mobile" WiMax version: the system can handover between base stations at 100mph, using today's pre-WiMax (802.16d) products. The only drawback - in June the free trial ends, and we'll have to pay T-Mobile's high Wi-Fi charges."

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Re:Trains by BenjyD · 2005-04-13 22:43 · Score: 5, Insightful

My sarcasm detector is off the scale...

The government subsidy to the railways has just about trebled since privatisation, IIRC. Private enterprise efficiency my arse.

If you're ever bored on a British train, find a ticket inspector who looks old enough to have been working since before privatisation and ask them if they prefer working for the privatised company.