I thought they were doing it with WiMax between posts alongside the tracks. I read somewhere the original Virgin system used a combination of wiMax, satellite, and regular WiFi in the stations. They probably also now use 3G as a fallback.
But I might be wrong.
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostWould that even be possible on a tilting, shifting, vibrating train doing 125 through trees and tunnels?
GSM does not normally work in tunnels too ?
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Originally posted by Lumiere View PostThey should have invested in satellite internet
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostOn how it works? If you look there are little alcatel boxes on the side of the engines. I assume they are just mobiles really, blame the mobile operators as they cannot provide a decent speed, it is not the train operators who are the weak link.
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Originally posted by vandiss View PostHow does this service compare to Scotrail's (via Falkirk)?
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For some reason, the T-mobile service on this train has identified me as being in Germany - so no BBC videos, and Google is in German.
Code:Ort der IP Adresse: Bonn in Germany ISP: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH
Last edited by The Wikir Man; 19 April 2010, 07:11.
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Ports can be one thing - but I've also had issues with some places (hotels etc.) using a double-NATing that the Cisco VPN Server didn't like.
Basically identifying my computer as a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend etc. which got it's knickers in a twist.
In theory it should still work, but none of us could be arsed to work out why given the advent of 3G dongles.
Some 3G dongles can be very fussy on trains for a variety of reasons (Faraday cage, 25Kv of electricity, contention with everyone chatting) whereas a voice call uses considerably less bandwidth.Last edited by centurian; 18 April 2010, 19:57.
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostI get on the east coast every day and internet is fine, mind you there are bugger all people on it between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Would suspect that the ports you need open are shut and they are just allowing web browsing / e-mail through.
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I get on the east coast every day and internet is fine, mind you there are bugger all people on it between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
On how it works? If you look there are little alcatel boxes on the side of the engines. I assume they are just mobiles really, blame the mobile operators as they cannot provide a decent speed, it is not the train operators who are the weak link.
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Originally posted by xchaotic View PostAnd while we're on the subject, how is internet delivered to the train?
About 10 years ago a friend of mine did first trial installations, they were using gyroscopic ally stabilised dishes and satellite uplink at ca £1mil per train and the Internet was slow with high latency.
How is it done nowadays?
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Vpn
Originally posted by northernladuk View PostDarren is an accountant not IT bod... lots of small words, no techie talk, delivered nice and slowly.....
Laptop, workie not on trainie. Connection not good. Man with screwdriver fix. Happies connection. Thank you.
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Originally posted by Darren@UptonAccountants View PostHappens all the time, using the east coast line. Logged in through Internet explorer, it finds the VPN but won't connect. Sounds like an issue for our IT people!
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