Posted by Scott Clark @ 2:26 pm
Wi-Fi on Buses - Cincinatti Bus Wi-Fi
Filed under: Shiny New
Apr
11
2008
11
2008
An article in today’s USA Today featured a story about wi-fi on Cincinnati’s bus system. Given the dramatically lowered cost of mobile web access, this seems like it will catch on with busy pros, bloggers, and those just wanting to start their work day by getting through some email. Wi-Fi on trains is getting more popular but many cities have no trains or subways.
Twenty cities are offering the service now. The question I would have is if bus drivers will get tired of waiting on laptop users to close up their devices before leaving the bus. Sliding a blackberry in your pocket or walking with it is no problem. A laptop is not so easy.
bus photo by Brian Pennington used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.
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11
2008
Dude — My friend Jennifer Berk (http://www.jcberk.com/) took a Greyhound from D.C. to NYC for Blogger Social and had WiFi on board the whole way. Makes takin’ the bus a TON more attractive if you ask me. Now if I could just afford the time to take a WiFi bus to Chicago, I’d be set. (Like 2 days a week now … ugh.)