Train Surfing

T-Mobile to offer wi-fi broadband on trains

Richard Wray
Wednesday February 16, 2005
The Guardian

Commuters stuck on the 8.02 from Brighton to London will soon be able to fire off an email to the boss of Southern Trains complaining about the service or surf the web while trundling through Sussex.

Mobile phone company T-Mobile has put broadband internet access points along the line and has wired up a fleet of trains to allow laptops to use wi-fi broadband over the air service while on board.

In specially designated carriages anyone with a device that can use wi-fi, which is standard on most new laptops, will be able to connect to the web as if they were sitting at their desk. The company claims the service should even work in tunnels.

I think I'll look for my next contract in Brighton!