On Oct 29, 12:35*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:59:40 -0700 (PDT)

Offramp wrote:
On 29 Oct, 02:06, 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.

Seehttp://seekbroadband.com/focus/2010/10/29/ispwatch/london-underground...

for more details.

I thought that BT Openzone cost a bomb.

People would probably be better off spending money on psychiatric sessions
if they can't go 30 mins without accessing the internet.

B2003

Agreed. And BT Openzone is indeed incredibly expensive.

But WiFi is free - via The Cloud - in any McDonalds or Pret outlets -
even at McD's in railway stations such as Paddington. It is also free
at Krispy Kreme outlets.

Interestingly WiFi is also free at Slough Station - not useful when
passing through at speed - but if waiting for a train, or even if
stopping there for a few minutes - there is enough time to connect and
do a few emails!!

CJB.

In message
, at
19:22:12 on Mon, 1 Nov 2010, CJB remarked:
BT Openzone is indeed incredibly expensive.

What do you mean by "incredibly expensive"? When I looked at their price
list the other day, the worst package was £5 for 500 minutes (a month).
--
Roland Perry

On Nov 2, 6:42*am, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
19:22:12 on Mon, 1 Nov 2010, CJB remarked:

BT Openzone is indeed incredibly expensive.

What do you mean by "incredibly expensive"? When I looked at their price
list the other day, the worst package was £5 for 500 minutes (a month).
--
Roland Perry

Expensive when compared to free. CJB.

On 2 Nov, 10:25, CJB wrote:

Expensive when compared to free. CJB.

I get unlimited Openzone access for free as part of my BT home
broadband subscription.

Ian

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:15:15 -0700 (PDT), The Real Doctor
wrote:

Expensive when compared to free. CJB.

I get unlimited Openzone access for free as part of my BT home
broadband subscription.

and T-Mobile customers get 300 roaming minutes a month with some
mobile data packages

In uk.railway Roland Perry wrote:
What do you mean by "incredibly expensive"? When I looked at their price
list the other day, the worst package was £5 for 500 minutes (a month).

Which isn't very attractive compared with £5-10 for 1GB that you get from
mobile networks... use it for as many minutes as you like, in a much wider
selection of places. The wifi option only wins if you're going to download
a lot or need a fast connection.

Theo

In message , at 13:42:29 on Tue,
2 Nov 2010, Theo Markettos remarked:
What do you mean by "incredibly expensive"? When I looked at their price
list the other day, the worst package was £5 for 500 minutes (a month).

Which isn't very attractive compared with £5-10 for 1GB that you get from
mobile networks...

I use a 3G dongle by preference, but haven't found one as cheap as £5
for 1GB. Indeed, looking around just now they all appear to be £10 for
1GB, although you can get some deals at £20 for 3GB.

use it for as many minutes as you like, in a much wider
selection of places. The wifi option only wins if you're going to download
a lot or need a fast connection.

Wifi also wins where there isn't mobile coverage!
--
Roland Perry

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 13:42:29 on Tue, 2 Nov
2010, Theo Markettos remarked:

The wifi option only wins if you're going to download a lot or need a
fast connection.

Wifi also wins where there isn't mobile coverage!

I suspect there are very few places where there is public wifi where there
is not 3G coverage.

tom

--
life finds a way

In message i, at
22:27:16 on Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Tom Anderson
remarked:
The wifi option only wins if you're going to download a lot or need
a fast connection.

Wifi also wins where there isn't mobile coverage!

I suspect there are very few places where there is public wifi where
there is not 3G coverage.

The tube platforms at Charing Cross (and others, if this gets rolled
out) are a rather obvious example!

As are many trains if (and I do say "if") they have usable wifi inside,
especially if it's a Voyager/Meridian style.

Meanwhile, the phone coverage (for data) inside one of the three
departure lounges at East Midlands Airport [don't mention the toner
cartridges] is sufficiently poor on both 3 and Vodafone that I sometimes
fall back to their T-Mobile hotspot.

Overseas, the balance rapidly swings towards wifi, simply because of the
cost and the lack of data roaming (for prepau dongles, anyway).
--
Roland Perry