Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in Switzerland

Re:Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in... by jsu32 on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @04:50PM (#24852035)

I love trains and I'm a EU-born US resident, so I get it.

It's a density problem though. US is super sparsely populated. Outside of the northeast corridor (DC <> NYC <> Boston) the rest is too spread out with few exceptions to support train service.

The US highway system is like spaghetti for good reason.

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Re:Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in... by rsynnott on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @06:42PM (#24853040)

I don't buy this at all. California is only slightly less dense than France (and contains significant basically-empty bits that wouldn't need to be considered; if you're just looking at habitable area it's probably MORE dense than France). Compare their railway systems.

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Re:Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in... by macspoofing on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @04:59PM (#24852118)

>It's a density problem though.

If you want to take a train to Idaho from Boston, sure, but nobody would do that. And for NY->Boston, it's plenty dense. Freight traffic is miles ahead in American than in Europe, and is always prioritized over passenger trains - that's the reason.

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Re:Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in... by teclordphrack2 on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @05:29PM (#24852418)

As far as Amtrak is concerned the laws say that they are to take precedent over freight BUT that is not what happens on a regular basis. The rail owners never get in trouble for it.

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Re:Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in... by DiogenesKynikos on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @06:13PM (#24852817)

The NY - Boston corridor is denser than most of Western Europe.

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