All intercity trains fitted with free wifi

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Originally Posted by Thomas Ralph

Have they blocked streaming yet?

The big name streaming streaming services (Youtube, Netflix, iPlayer, RTE Player) have been blocked pretty much from the start plus a few other bulk data users like Windows updates and they have updated the banned list at least once. At least some radio streams, which are lower bandwidth, are not blocked. There are plenty of ways around it the block, but they do ask nicely on the captive portal page that passengers not do it.

Personally, on a busy Northern Commuter train I find the coverage more reliable than a mobile but lower performance - easier to stay connected longer to a company VPN for example. However there are days when the system is clearly less than 100% functional.