WiFi on Buses - Does it matter?

littletiger · 19-01-2010 07:54PM #1

I think Wifi should be on all buses and trains. I am on a JJ Kavanagh bus at the moment and think it is the job.

Mark200 · 19-01-2010 07:55PM

I was thinking this today, it'd be a good idea. I think they have it in London. But it'd probably cost too much.

Gummy Panda · 19-01-2010 07:56PM

littletiger wrote: »

I think Wifi should be on all buses and trains. I am on a JJ Kavanagh bus at the moment and think it is the job.

I'd settle for a clean Dublin bus without the skangers down the back smoking and playing shít music through their cheap phone's speaker.

Pj! · 19-01-2010 07:58PM

littletiger wrote: »

I think Wifi should be on all buses and trains. I am on a JJ Kavanagh bus at the moment and think it is the job.

Hi JJ

Alanstrainor · 19-01-2010 07:59PM

It'd be awesome.

GLaDOS · 19-01-2010 08:00PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I'd settle for a clean Dublin bus without the skangers down the back smoking and playing shít music through their cheap phone's speaker.

And if there was wifi, I wouldn't have any device capable of receiving it in sight of said knackers

Captain_Generic · 19-01-2010 08:02PM

I remember loading a bit of a youtube video at each stop before, and the video was sh¡te in the end anyway

My name is URL · 19-01-2010 08:04PM

Matthews' bus service in Dundalk have it on all of it's buses, it's great

jumpguy · 19-01-2010 08:04PM

On long Bus Trips (for example, Cork to Dublin) it'd be excellent. However on small Dublin Bus journeys I can't really see it being widely used...

builttospill · 19-01-2010 08:04PM

Is that you sitting across from me with your hand down your pants?

zonEEE · 19-01-2010 08:04PM

Well about the trains

Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) feels that it wouldn’t be in the public or the company’s best interest to install the current wireless technologies on its fleet for customer use due to the limited lifespan of said technologies. Anything we install now is likely to be completely redundant within five years.

We feel customers would be better supported by obtaining their own wireless solutions, such as those provided by the mobile providers (3G and GPRS/EDGE ).

IÉ is hoping that near-future new technologies such as WiMax and other long range wireless tech will make the idea of onboard solutions redundant. We will continue to monitor the speed of advance of such technologies and if we deem that change is not occurring quickly enough we may reconsider the situation.

from irishrail.ie

Mars Bar · 19-01-2010 08:09PM

They have it on CityLink, it's handy enough if you've got research for a project for college or something.

Mike 1972 · 19-01-2010 08:09PM

FFS @ Irish Rail :rolleyes:

Captain_Generic · 19-01-2010 08:09PM

Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) feels that it wouldn’t be in the public or the company’s best interest to install the current wireless technologies on its fleet for customer use due to the limited lifespan of said technologies. Anything we install now is likely to be completely redundant within five years.

We feel customers would be better supported by obtaining their own wireless solutions, such as those provided by the mobile providers (3G and GPRS/EDGE ).

IÉ is hoping that near-future new technologies such as WiMax and other long range wireless tech will make the idea of onboard solutions redundant. We will continue to monitor the speed of advance of such technologies and if we deem that change is not occurring quickly enough we may reconsider the situation.

So that would be never then

mehmeh12 · 19-01-2010 08:12PM

Id like to see a competent public transport infrastructure be put in place. Buses/trains that arrive on time etc. Public wifi would be better served on places that function as local amenities. Anyone here notice that public libraries dont all seem have free wifi?

MementoMori · 19-01-2010 08:14PM

Definately a fan.

That statement from CIE is a complete joke.

Utter shambles of an organisation.

Terry · 19-01-2010 08:17PM

strongr wrote: »

Well about the trains

from irishrail.ie

Jackasses.
You could apply that line of reasoning to any current technology.

No, we won't be upgrading the brakes on our trains. Any upgrade we make will be obsolete in 5 years.

Red_Marauder · 19-01-2010 08:18PM

JJ Kavanaghs have wifi now? Wow, I'm impressed.

I know that CIE have more public service curtailments than Kavanaghs, but they still reek of incompetence. I have only ever used them as a last resort.

schween · 19-01-2010 08:19PM

I use it on Citylink and Gobus...it's just one more reason not to use Bus Éireann.

ScumLord · 19-01-2010 08:19PM

It's great. On citylink buses you can see where you currently are on google earth.

cian1500ww · 19-01-2010 08:22PM

ScumLord wrote: »

It's great. On citylink buses you can see where you currently are on google earth.

Buses do have windows :P

I didn't know any buses had it yet, would be really handy

poisonated · 19-01-2010 08:24PM

Using it at the moment on Gobus.If they didn't have it I wouldn't be able to write this.It's a really great feature to have and it makes the 3 hour bus journey go by pretty quickly.

jimmycrackcorm · 19-01-2010 08:28PM

I use joiku on my Nokia which turns the phone into a wireless router with an SSID called "FreeBusWIFI" - all I need to do then is sit on a bus and wait for unsuspecting users with their iPhones and disconnect them shortly after. Amusing to watch them complain to the driver.

James G · 19-01-2010 08:33PM

strongr wrote: »

Well about the trains

from irishrail.ie

That's stupid. You don't need to have the best of wireless technology, just some implementation so that trips can be more productively spent.

Run_to_da_hills · 19-01-2010 08:38PM

WIFI on busses can lead to other "hidden" things.... Live CCTV surveillance from a central database used in conjunction with the GSM network.

This has been successfully tested in the UK and in other countries.

LeBash · 19-01-2010 08:43PM

Im happy to get to the place im going to on public transport most of the time. Also, I wouldnt pull out a laptop or ipod touch on a Dublin Bus, I'm not stupid

griffdaddy · 19-01-2010 08:43PM

If there was a reasonable charge for mobile broadband and more unlimited packages it would be just as handy. Although it would lead to an increased clean up bill from unintential ejaculations on the nightlink

Dyr · 19-01-2010 09:38PM

You have to bear in mind that any CIE project has to take about five years so the required amount of freeloading and overtime can be wrung out of it.

Animo · 19-01-2010 09:47PM

The local bus company that brings me to college every week has it on their buses. Tbh the first time I've used it since I started college(in September) was last Sunday and it was barely for 5 minutes. It didn't seem very fast so I didn't bother with it and tbh I'd prefer to spent my journey talking to friends,watching a movie or listening to music.

dambarude · 19-01-2010 09:50PM

I've tried to use the Citylink WiFi and it was so slow I just gave up.

I'm all for WiFi on buses, but make sure it's quicker than dial up for God's sake!

msg11 · 19-01-2010 09:50PM

strongr wrote: »

Well about the trains

Quote:
Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) feels that it wouldn’t be in the public or the company’s best interest to install the current wireless technologies on its fleet for customer use due to the limited lifespan of said technologies. Anything we install now is likely to be completely redundant within five years.

We feel customers would be better supported by obtaining their own wireless solutions, such as those provided by the mobile providers (3G and GPRS/EDGE ).

IÉ is hoping that near-future new technologies such as WiMax and other long range wireless tech will make the idea of onboard solutions redundant. We will continue to monitor the speed of advance of such technologies and if we deem that change is not occurring quickly enough we may reconsider the situation.
from irishrail.ie

Bunch of cheap b*astards. As usual the people want ; the people do not get.

WiFi on Buses - Does it matter?

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