Amtrak looking for a WiFi carrier
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coxm50
Train Attendant
I hope they get this on the long distance trains soon.
printman2000
Engineer
I wonder if the "operation" use would include a print your own ticket system.
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kevin
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Jersey Jeff
Service Attendant
I can't wait to welcome Amtrak to the 1990s 
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Guest
Guest
Something tells me that they are not going to be able to keep the thing running. I mean if they can't keep the PA system working in every car right now, how are they going to keep them connected to the internet.
The Wifi may be handled totally by the contractor. In theory it should be less complex than the coffee pots; you don't need to re-fill the router with internets every morning.
PetalumaLoco
Conductor
Maybe they'll start with a new internet setup and not a 30+ year old one?
rrdude
Engineer
Just hope the same department responsible for the toasters in the kitchen, has nothing to do with the wi-fi...........
Well, 2000s anyway. There sure wasn't much public WiFi in 1999, and there sure wasn't any outside a major city. I actually used a cellular modem on the Sunset Limited back in 1993 to log onto the GEnie online service at a ripping 9600 bps. GEnie was text only, so the speed wasn't too big of a problem.I can't wait to welcome Amtrak to the 1990s
Re: the coffee pots and toasters, it's actually pretty hard to maintain equipment that has moving parts and/or liquids on a moving platform that vibrates. They also have to be engineered for safety -- the Kaprun fire was caused by a domestic heater installed in the funicular car. Over 7 years, vibration displaced a heater coil which caught fire.
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