No longer confined to the bone and platinumAcela car , whisking the gentry between debutante balls and peacock hunts , Amtrak ’s free Wi - Fi is trickling down to the hoi polloi . Twelve east coast routes—60 % of Amtrak dealings — are going wireless .
https://gizmodo.com/amtrak-finally-getting-free-wi-fi-but-only-on-acela-5446264
This number admit the salient Northeast Regional product line , which carries techy Americans from Virginia to Boston daily . One interesting note : “ AmtrakConnect technology is design in a way that enables it to take advantage of technology improvements such as degenerate 4 G speeds , as they become available along the path . ” Do n’t hold your breath on that one — roving information coverage is awful along the corridor , in my experience — but it ’s nice to at least see an interest in super gearing broadband . This probably wo n’t be good for Netflix anytime shortly , but now you’re able to have an IM conversation or three , stream some music , and get some work done . [ AmtrakviaEngadget ]
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