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09-07-2012, 03:42 | #1 | |
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All intercity trains fitted with free wifi
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...319634909.html
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09-07-2012, 06:59 | #2 |
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I just noticed the network on the 0545 Sligo - Dublin train but I tried joining it around Enfield and it didn't work. I can't say I am surprised that it didn't work and Enfield has a very strong 3 mobile signal.
I'll try a couple of more times and see if the issue was just localised. I get a connection but a warning that there is no internet connection so it looks like the wifi is working but the system has no network connection. |
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I didn't notice a WiFi sticker when getting on but I wasn't terribly awake so it might have been there. So perhaps the Irish Times article means it will be in place by the end of the week.
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09-07-2012, 13:12 | #5 |
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At the risk of being a pedant, it's not all the intercity trains if Dublin - Belfast won't be done for another six months. Still good news is good news.
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09-07-2012, 13:23 | #6 |
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I assume this includes Rosslare/Dublin line !!
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http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4644&p=116&n=237
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09-07-2012, 15:30 | #9 |
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its wifi, i imagine, in the same way i have wifi at home thanks to a little gizmo i got from 3. it, of course, isnt any good if the 3G service it is connecting to is NBS rubbish. Since i live about 500m form the Cork mainline I can vouch for how intermittant and rubbish the 3G in north tipp is.
my neighbour got a very big satilitte dish from the NBS which i will have to get, for example. there is also a general ban on all the fun wifi stuff, like the rte player, because of cost issues. |
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17-07-2012, 14:10 | #11 |
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Wifi should work on all ICR/22k trains nationwide, assuming all are actually fitted as Irish Rail claim. I have a confirmed report of working wifi on a Rosslare Dublin service.
The Blackrock to Killiney section plus Bray Greystones will never have good coverage due geography and even use of satellite would not solve this. The coverage around Rathdrum is surprisingly good, but Arklow Gorey is poor
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GSM-R for DART might be the ultimate solution, with the GSM-R bit being hardwired repeaters (similar to those deployed in subway systems) and then the telcos piggybacking. Question is when the shekels will be scraped together to fund that.
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