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O2 Wifi London Underground??

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:25:56 GMT

Hi O2

Is o2 wifi available on the tube (underground)??? Most networks now offer this service. If its not yet available, are there plans to implement this service in the near future?

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

MI5 — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:29:15 GMT

I'm pretty sure it is, yes.

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

MI5 — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:31:20 GMT

Looks like you can log into the Virgin WiFi through the O2 log in page....
http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Other-Products-Services/O2-Wifi-At-London-Underground-Not-able-to-connect/m-p/666947#M11914

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Cleoriff — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:45:13 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Looks like you can log into the Virgin WiFi through the O2 log in page....
http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Other-Products-Services/O2-Wifi-At-London-Underground-Not-able-to-connect/m-p/666947#M11914

Yes that is correct Rich. I found this on the O2 pages....

http://www.o2.co.uk/connectivity/wifi-london-underground

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

MI5 — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:46:50 GMT

Good find

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:42:10 GMT

Perfect, cheers

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

MI5 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:46:46 GMT

You're welcome mate....

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Cleoriff — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:50:17 GMT

Good news...:smileywink:

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:18:03 GMT

I've never managed to get it working in the tube personally.

Is it intended just for use in the station, or are we supposed to keep the signal whilst speeding along?

Are there actually wifi routers in the trains themselves?

Can't imagine it working on the move if not, because you'd be being passed from one to the next so quickly that it wouldn't have time to lock on to the signal, and also the doppler effect of speeding past it would cause mayhem for the signal, (just lost 95% of the readers now, haven't I? )

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

MI5 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:22:49 GMT

There has to be routers in the carriages for it to work like that, I guess?

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:25:27 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
There has to be routers in the carriages for it to work like that, I guess?

That's what I think... So how does the connection between the carriages and the network happen????

When you think about it, it's quite an engineering feat to make it work reliably.

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

MI5 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:30:29 GMT

It's that connection that beats me tbh, but as you say, quite an engineering feat. I'm sure the tech is there though.......

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Beenherebefore — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:17:32 GMT

But has anybody used it and proved that it works.......we need a review !!

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Cleoriff — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:23:20 GMT

Well I presumed @Anonymous had...as I replied to his post stating 'perfect thank you'

(Mind you he could just have been saying 'thanks for the link' ...:smileywink:

....

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Beenherebefore — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:26:00 GMT

"You can go online anywhere in those stations - in ticket halls, corridors and platforms."

No mention of anywhere else.

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Cleoriff — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:48:08 GMT

Then it wont work on the trains...so maybe he should go back and unsolve my solution

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:03:47 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
It's that connection that beats me tbh, but as you say, quite an engineering feat. I'm sure the tech is there though.......

On the straight sections of track, the train could use a very directional antenna to pick up a router in the previous/next station, and then, (here comes the clever, techo, need-degree-in-physics bit), since the train knows it own speed, compensate for the dopler in the signal.

Now I've solved it, you just need to get somebody else to design and build it, and get it installed

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Cleoriff — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:07:47 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
It's that connection that beats me tbh, but as you say, quite an engineering feat. I'm sure the tech is there though.......
On the straight sections of track, the train could use a very directional antenna to pick up a router in the previous/next station, and then, (here comes the clever, techo, need-degree-in-physics bit), since the train knows it own speed, compensate for the dopler in the signal.
Now I've solved it, you just need to get somebody else to design and build it, and get it installed

Oh and pay for it I suspect...:smileytongue:

With many of the tube stations being shut over the Christmas period and maintenance ongoing I can't see it happening anytime soon...

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:20:08 GMT

Cleoriff wrote:

Oh and pay for it I suspect...:smileytongue:

Well I've got a fiver or so, if you and @mi5 want to start up a cottage industry making the equipment

Re: O2 Wifi London Underground??

Cleoriff — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:23:36 GMT

I am sure you need some sort of engineer for this....I can only fix broken legs...:smileywink: