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Old March 13th 12, 10:07 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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On 13-Mar-12 03:50, Peter Masson wrote:
Eurotunnel are equipping the tunnel for mobile phone reception, The
South running tunnel will be connected to French networks, and the North
running tunnel to British networks. So passengers will (normally) be
connected to their home network on the outward journey,


For confused readers: the "South running tunnel" normally goes from
France to the UK, i.e. North, and the "North running tunnel" normally
goes from the UK to France, i.e. South.

It would seem more logical to have both countries serve both tunnels or,
failing that, change from one to the other at the midpoint.

Also, while the French will cover their tunnel _before_ the Olympic
Games, the Brits won't cover theirs until _after_ the Games--missing out
on huge potential revenues and frustrating customers.

http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploa...nnelTunnel.pdf


I have trouble accepting the accuracy of a press release that describes
mobile phone service as "wi-fi", a trademark for the IEEE 802.11 family
that has _nothing_ to do with GSM.

S

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