Thursday, April 14, 2005
100mph WiMax Hits the Rails at Brighton
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 11:00 AM
"Commuters from Brighton to London's Victoria station can use free broadband on the train, thanks to a Wi-Fi-and-WiMax service. The Brighton Express is an apt place for a pioneering Wi-Fi service, given Brighton's role as a high-tech media-savvy remote suburb of London (and home of more than one Techworld stalwart), but T-Mobile hopes to make this the standard way to deliver Internet connectivity on the move. Users get an 802.11b Wi-Fi service in the carriages. A pre-WiMax system from Redline connects from antennas on the carriage roofs to base stations by the side of the track (very much like the non-mobile system at the Science Museum). The service was integrated by Nomad Digital, a WiMax specialist, and will be offered free by T-Mobile for a trial period."
All I can say is, when is this coming to New York? BTW, how many of you commute to work and if so, do you use some sort of wireless connection during your commute (and hopefully this is discounting the people that drive ;-) ) ?
All I can say is, when is this coming to New York? BTW, how many of you commute to work and if so, do you use some sort of wireless connection during your commute (and hopefully this is discounting the people that drive ;-) ) ?
