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Old October 31st 10, 11:12 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Paul Scott[_3_] Paul Scott[_3_] is offline
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Default Wifi on the tube



"Mizter T" wrote in message
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On Oct 29, 2:06 am, Matthew Dickinson
wrote:
BTOpenzone are starting a six month trial of Wifi access at Charing
Cross tube station. Access is to be available in the ticket hall and
on the Northern and Bakerloo platforms.

See
http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2010/...on-underground...

for more details.


Can Northern & Bakerloo Train Operators expect to find a small but
significant contingent of potential passengers actually holding back
and sitting on benches or milling around whilst fiddling with
communications devices instead of boarding their trains at CX then?


They probably won't make it to the platform, having fallen off the bottom of
the escalator while looking up live running info...

Paul S