Tuesday, July 17th 2007
Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway Gets Outfitted With WiFi
This week is filled with WiFi news which is good i guess for all of us. So after the Uk and France Hong Kong decides to take WiFi a bit further down the road by outfitting its MTR with antennas.
"The service will first be introduced in station concourses and on platforms this summer. Wu Liang-tai, the company's executive vice-president for emerging technology, said putting it in trains for access on the go was the next step.A third-generation (3G) mobile-phone network allows users to connect to the internet on the move at speeds of 3.6 megabits per second. Wi-fi (wireless fidelity) gives users online access at 54 megabits per second, fast enough to watch videos on the internet. It costs HK$20 a day for unlimited access.
On trains, it would work with receivers at each end of the train picking up a 3.5G signal from transmitters in the tunnel. The Wi-fi network will give users access to the internet through Wi-fi-compatible devices such as laptop computers and mobile phones.
"Wi-fi is much cheaper than 3G for internet access, so we can deliver our content to users when they are on MTR trains," Dr Wu said on the sidelines of a telecoms conference in Beijing.
Source:
SCMP
"The service will first be introduced in station concourses and on platforms this summer. Wu Liang-tai, the company's executive vice-president for emerging technology, said putting it in trains for access on the go was the next step.A third-generation (3G) mobile-phone network allows users to connect to the internet on the move at speeds of 3.6 megabits per second. Wi-fi (wireless fidelity) gives users online access at 54 megabits per second, fast enough to watch videos on the internet. It costs HK$20 a day for unlimited access.
On trains, it would work with receivers at each end of the train picking up a 3.5G signal from transmitters in the tunnel. The Wi-fi network will give users access to the internet through Wi-fi-compatible devices such as laptop computers and mobile phones.
"Wi-fi is much cheaper than 3G for internet access, so we can deliver our content to users when they are on MTR trains," Dr Wu said on the sidelines of a telecoms conference in Beijing.
5 Comments on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway Gets Outfitted With WiFi
Now, if you happen upon a US location offering the same, feel free to make a huge post about it :roll:
Besides making a News thread and then adding doesnt make sense since most people wouldnt notice.
Things aint better in Greece either...Only Athens has WiFi spots.
In my town in germany there are many private owned lans in certain cafes or beer garden :toast: and they aren't expensive well only if you try to use them durng the cebit or while the expo was here :rolleyes:
and is it not dangerous for all the users? I would be rarelly concerned about security when it comes to public wifi. Even if i won't access my bank account there would be enought space to bother me with damaging my files or my laptop.
nothing for me but still a step in a right direction
So thats "20 HK$ on19 Jul = 1,8510€"