Amtrak Upgrades Wi-Fi · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Soulskill on Friday May 17, 2013 @05:05AM from the but-now-where-will-i-go-to-simulate-early-90s-dialup dept.

New submitter WillgasM writes "A bit of good news for American travelers, according to the New York Times: 'After years of criticism of the wireless service on its trains, Amtrak announced on Thursday that it had upgraded its cellular-based Wi-Fi using broadband technologies that will improve the speed and reliability of the Internet in its passenger cars.' So far the service has been rolled out on the high-speed Acela lines and a few routes in California, but they hope to have the rest of their trains upgraded by the end of Summer. We're still an order of magnitude away from high-speed rails in other countries, but it's nice to know someone's trying."

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I believe I speak for a dozen people when I say... by Crimey+McBiggles · 2013-05-17 05:07 · Score: 5, Funny

It's about time!

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It's a new definition by LeadSongDog · 2013-05-17 05:12 · Score: 3, Funny

... for "high speed trains"

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