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Do Euroline's Buses to the UK have Wi-Fi?

  • 05-12-2011 10:06pm
    #1
    Run_to_da_hills
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    Do these busses have WIFI on board? Dose the same coach travel the whole journey or do you change to a different one at the ports?


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  • #2
    Stinicker
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    I travelled from Victoria in London to Cork last last April by coach with Eurolines and there was no wifi, however you will make 2 or 3 stops in Motorway service areas where wifi should available especially if they have McDonalds! That's a long trek good luck with it!


  • #3
    Vic_08
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    Stinicker wrote: »
    I travelled from Victoria in London to Cork last last April by coach with Eurolines and there was no wifi, however you will make 2 or 3 stops in Motorway service areas where wifi should available especially if they have McDonalds! That's a long trek good luck with it!

    Dublin - London and Cork - London have through coaches, Dublin - Leeds coach travels across on the ferry and passengers are swapped to a different coach at holyhead terminal.

    No wifi currently on the BE coaches from Dublin or Kavanaghs who operate the Cork service but there may be on some of the contractors who cover on a large number of the Dublin - London runs.


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    Domenkidu
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Do these busses have WIFI on board? Dose the same coach travel the whole journey or do you change to a different one at the ports?

    I have used the Rosslare-Victoria Eurolines bus fairly regularly and they've never had wifi in when I've been travelling. The coach does run straight through (actually, now that I come to think of it, Rosslare-London is probably the same service as Cork-London).

    If you are travelling from Rosslare, there's also now a Megabus service, where you go onto the Irish Ferries ferry as a foot passenger and then pick up the bus in Pembroke Dock. I don't think they have wifi either, though it is worth checking their website just in case.


  • #5
    dowlingm
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    I guess the problem might be getting a data provider willing to provide a crossborder rate? Are there such services operating in Europe?


  • #6
    Run_to_da_hills
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    dowlingm wrote: »
    I guess the problem might be getting a data provider willing to provide a crossborder rate? Are there such services operating in Europe?
    3 Mobile don't charge data roaming between countries using their own network provided you are only using the 3 service.


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  • #7
    Stinicker
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    3 Mobile don't charge data roaming between countries using their own network provided you are only using the 3 service.

    I'd "Run to da hills" literally before I'd recommend Three, although their network does work well in the UK, however over using them in Ireland is very hit and miss and they have woeful customer services!. I'm with them myself so should know, on that journey I took with Eurolines last May I had 3G coverage for about 90% of the time between London and Pembroke along the M4, as soon as I got to Rosslare it was absymal better there and Cork.


  • #8
    Run_to_da_hills
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    Stinicker wrote: »
    I'd "Run to da hills" literally before I'd recommend Three, although their network does work well in the UK, however over using them in Ireland is very hit and miss and they have woeful customer services!. I'm with them myself so should know, on that journey I took with Eurolines last May I had 3G coverage for about 90% of the time between London and Pembroke along the M4, as soon as I got to Rosslare it was absymal better there and Cork.
    Thats good to hear as I have 3 Broadband dongle, wasn't too sure about their coverage in the UK though.

    I am with them in Ireland since they started and havent had a problem except trying to explain to someone in India about replacing a stolen modem.

    I am using an old swivel hauewi dongle that dosn't desplay the operating network, this could prove expensive if switched to another provider without knowing. 3 are a bit like Ryanair, ie great until something goes wrong.


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    bk
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    dowlingm wrote: »
    I guess the problem might be getting a data provider willing to provide a crossborder rate? Are there such services operating in Europe?

    Shouldn't be an issue for these types of services. Most on bus/train wifi services use kit that can connect to two or three different mobile networks.

    So you could have a bus fitted with both an Irish sim for while in Ireland and a UK sim while in the UK.


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