London Overground stations to get free Wi-Fi
After the recent news about temporarily free Wi-Fi in some Underground
stations, it seems that Overground passengers will get an hour's free Internet access with Wi-Fi hotspots at all stations on the network, operated by BskyB-owned public Wi-Fi provider, The Cloud -- and it'll apparently stay free. See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9163614/London-Overground-passengers-to-get-free-WiFi.html |
London Overground stations to get free Wi-Fi
In message , at 11:40:14 on
Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Recliner remarked: After the recent news about temporarily free Wi-Fi in some Underground stations, it seems that Overground passengers will get an hour's free Internet access with Wi-Fi hotspots at all stations on the network, operated by BskyB-owned public Wi-Fi provider, The Cloud -- and it'll apparently stay free. This scheme of "Register, then get the first hour free" is reminiscent of the earlier discussion Wetherspoons etc. No doubt they want people to leave their smartphones switched on and pay for subsequent hours of access. -- Roland Perry |
London Overground stations to get free Wi-Fi
Roland Perry wrote
on Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Recliner remarked: After the recent news about temporarily free Wi-Fi in some Underground stations, it seems that Overground passengers will get an hour's free Internet access with Wi-Fi hotspots at all stations on the network, operated by BskyB-owned public Wi-Fi provider, The Cloud -- and it'll apparently stay free. This scheme of "Register, then get the first hour free" is reminiscent of the earlier discussion Wetherspoons etc. No doubt they want people to leave their smartphones switched on and pay for subsequent hours of access. But while spending over an hour in a Wetherspoons is commonplace, spending that time in an Overground station isn't, even for a daily total. The currently running BBC Radio 3 Schubert music and biography fest reminded me of the custom of spending all day in a coffee-house for the price of one coffee and Caffe Nero is free for any length of time. Google pointed me to "all 56 Overground stations" - does this include jointly used stations like Canada Water and Highbury & Islington ? -- Mike D |
London Overground stations to get free Wi-Fi
In message 01cd0b6a$846590a0$LocalHost@default, at 16:09:58 on Mon, 26
Mar 2012, Michael R N Dolbear remarked: This scheme of "Register, then get the first hour free" is reminiscent of the earlier discussion Wetherspoons etc. No doubt they want people to leave their smartphones switched on and pay for subsequent hours of access. But while spending over an hour in a Wetherspoons is commonplace, spending that time in an Overground station isn't, even for a daily total. It's entirely possible the hour would apply to the sum of the Overground stations visited. And if you have a wifi-enabled smart phone that would include all the ones en-route. -- Roland Perry |
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