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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Yoshi on March 17, 2009, 20:30:49

Title: Wowsers!
Post by: Yoshi on March 17, 2009, 20:30:49: Am currently sat on a train that has internet!!

Those of you on the East coast will know of this with GNER but Virgin now have it tooooooo!!

And its seemed pretty steady so far as well!
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Sharpshooter on March 17, 2009, 20:39:09: What happends when you go into a tunnel?????????????????????? :)
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Post by: Yoshi on March 17, 2009, 20:39:56: Nowt, been through 2 so far and nothing, no drop out!!! they have trackside sensors or sommat like that?? lol
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Mark Y on March 17, 2009, 20:40:37: Crikey is that public transport that the goverment keep talking about ? :shocked:
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Yoshi on March 17, 2009, 20:56:26: Yes it is, so far not at all bad for what i paid, £24 for a single down to sussex from the lake district lol
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Gordo on March 17, 2009, 21:25:03: That's nothing - the coach to Cambridge from here has Wi-Fi too (and leather seats, air con...)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zLSRRJiKbxg/SZnbxfrzdSI/AAAAAAAABd4/5M8OQnpHn3Q/s1600/Stagecoach%2Bin%2BBedford%2BX5.jpg)

Actually, I have broadband access almost everywhere - even in the LR or on the KTMs: I have a dongle for my laptop. :D
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Yoshi on March 17, 2009, 21:50:01: I dont even need a dongle!

The nokia 5800 has a program you can get which turns your fone into a wifi hotspot - so you can connect to it wirelessly whereever you go!

But the train internet has been better as u dont lose signal every so often lol
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: sv130 on March 18, 2009, 07:28:57: You,re not driving it are you?????????????? :roll:

Gaz
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: crazymac on March 18, 2009, 12:45:44: What are these train things you talk about??

We have a line that comes into Fishguard Harbour, but rarely see any trains on it these days??

As for buses?????? If I wanted to take my kid to school on the bus instead of the car, I would have to set off at 8am to do it! Thing is, I would then be outside the school at 8:15 am!! But there are no other buses that would get her to school on time!!!

She could walk there in 20 mins! (which she will when she's older!!)
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Gordo on March 18, 2009, 13:04:01: Quote from: sv130 on March 18, 2009, 07:28:57
You,re not driving it are you?????????????? :roll:

What? The bus? No - but I do have a PCV licence! :D
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Drift on March 18, 2009, 16:28:06: Eeekkkkk :shock:

I am currently sitting in a reginal headquaters for a bus company :lol:
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: muddyjames on March 18, 2009, 17:13:24: I will just have to believe you all as I think taking my desktop on a trainy bussy thingy might get a few people upset! :lol:
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: V8MoneyPit on March 18, 2009, 17:53:42: I'd be happy if I could get faster than 500k broadband at the house..... never mind fancy hotspots on trains!
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Gordo on March 18, 2009, 18:37:33: Quote from: muddyjames on March 18, 2009, 17:13:24
I will just have to believe you all as I think taking my desktop on a trainy bussy thingy might get a few people upset! :lol:

You'll be fine - the X5 has at-seat power sockets. So do some trains.
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: rtoad on March 19, 2009, 11:04:58: i am here joe
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Disco Matt on March 19, 2009, 12:06:13: Quote from: crazymac on March 18, 2009, 12:45:44
What are these train things you talk about??

I think they're the long things that trundle past my house five times a day, going very slowly with about ten squashed-looking people on board.

I won't use the Heart of Wales line again until they get some decent rolling stock. The interiors of the current units seem to have been designed by the same people who invented the veal crate. My knees had visible marks in them from the back of the seat in front!
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Llanigraham on March 19, 2009, 19:44:14: Matt,
I can probably organise something with more room for you..

how do you fancy a cattle truck?
Title: Re: Wowsers!
Post by: Disco Matt on March 19, 2009, 20:27:15: Quote from: Llanigraham on March 19, 2009, 19:44:14
Matt,
I can probably organise something with more room for you..

how do you fancy a cattle truck?

I thought those were what we got anyway? :lol:

Bring back the 1st generation DMUs, with big squishy seats and a view of the line over the driver's shoulder!