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06-09-2005, 07:31 PM
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How long til wireless internet on trains and/or planes is common?
Is there any reason why a train couldn't have a wireless hub in it and users who had a laptop + wireless internet card could log on whilst travelling? How difficult would this be to implement?
What about something similar on aeroplanes? I read 6 months ago that "the authorities" were coming to the conclusion that using a mobile phone on an aeroplane did not interfere with the navigational system - playing poker would be a good way to make that 12 hour flight more bearable. 
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06-09-2005, 07:35 PM
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Re: How long til wireless internet on trains and/or planes is common?
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playing poker would be a good way to make that 12 hour flight more bearable. [/ QUOTE ] do you want a 6'9" maniac yelling "that's a jopke" and storming up and down the aisle as he goes on tilt somewhere over the atlantic?
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06-09-2005, 07:47 PM
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Re: How long til wireless internet on trains and/or planes is common?
on trains - within ten years (atleast on domestic trains, probably a lot longer time until it's available on the commuter trains). already available on some trains in sweden.
on airplanes, harder to say, i think that it is a lot harder to get good reception/whatnot on a fast moving plane 30k' above the ground than it is to do the same on a train that runs 80mph on the ground. However, the plane doesn't go through tunnels and whatnot. I think this will be available sooner or later, but probably later...
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06-09-2005, 08:47 PM
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Re: How long til wireless internet on trains and/or planes is common?
good slashdot article and links here
just came out today - apparently, allowing wireless on airplanes could screw with our equipment that scans for radio signals/info from space - so now I'm sorta hoping they don't allow it trains never will either - not the average train - they're so damn cheap I can only find one outlet on an Amtrak at any given time. RB
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06-09-2005, 08:51 PM
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Re: How long til wireless internet on trains and/or planes is common?
I saw an advertisement saying Lufthansa is offering wireless on flights between washington, dc and some places in europe
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06-09-2005, 08:56 PM
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Re: How long til wireless internet on trains and/or planes is common?
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I saw an advertisement saying Lufthansa is offering wireless on flights between washington, dc and some places in europe [/ QUOTE ] lufthansa and japan airlines and some others already offer internet. united will soon proof
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06-09-2005, 09:14 PM
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Re: How long til wireless internet on trains and/or planes is common?
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on trains - within ten years (atleast on domestic trains, probably a lot longer time until it's available on the commuter trains). already available on some trains in sweden. [/ QUOTE ] Less. WiMax is on the way: http://news.com.com/WiMax+Why+not/21...3-5735939.html "WiMax, another name for the 802.16 standard for wireless broadband, has a range of up to 30 miles and can deliver broadband at a theoretical maximum of 75 megabits per second, which is more than 20 times the speed of the fastest wired broadband available commercially."
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06-09-2005, 09:42 PM
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Re: How long til wireless internet on trains and/or planes is common?
doesnt this raise a ton of security issues if youre logging on to party/neteller on a wireless network in a train or other public place?
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