BART signs up for 20 years of Wi-Fi

Re:BART signs up for 20 years of Wi-Fi by rockstar9 on Sunday February 01, 2009 @02:22AM (#460661)

The day pass for wifi is $10? I think by 2011 (date set to be completed), a lot of people will be on mobile data plans and it won't really be worth it to pay for internet on a 30 min ride.

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Re:BART signs up for 20 years of Wi-Fi by timr on Sunday February 01, 2009 @02:54AM (#460682)

Good luck getting mobile data signals on BART -- it's difficult just to maintain a cell phone call. The value here is the consistency of the signal.

(Not that I think that $10 is reasonable for a day pass.)

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Re:BART signs up for 20 years of Wi-Fi by jonursenbach on Sunday February 01, 2009 @06:01AM (#460783)

Which line are you riding on? I take BART from Dublin/Pleasanton to New Montgomery every day and the only time I lose my signal is through the Lake Merrit tunnel and Transbay Tube.

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Re:BART signs up for 20 years of Wi-Fi by timr on Monday February 02, 2009 @12:52AM (#461934)

I mainly commute between the city and Berkeley. The signal obviously goes dead in the transbay, but it's been pretty spotty in the above-ground parts, too.

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