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May 24, 2004

Business Travelers Want WiFi on Trains

72% of business travelers surveyed by Broadreach said that they would be more likely to ride trains instead of cars or planes if trains had onboard WiFi. 78% of them said that they would use WiFi on trains if it was available. The longer the ride, the more interested they were in using WiFi, since most business travelers are already doing work on the train. Broadreach is currently working with a number of firms that run trains in the UK to have WiFi installed in over 700 trains within the next four years. This would be a great idea for the US market as well, particularly for the Amtrak trains in the Northeast Corridor and the commuter trains into New York City, both of which get a lot of business travelers/commuters.

http://wifinetnews.com/archives/003358.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3729583.stm

Posted by Charles at May 24, 2004 09:25 PM

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Posted by: Ron Hardings at January 16, 2005 06:30 PM