O2 Wifi London Underground??

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

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@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.

[MI5]

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

[Beenherebefore]

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

[Cleoriff]

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:

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[Beenherebefore]

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

No mention of anywhere else.

[Cleoriff]

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

[Anonymous]

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@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 

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@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 

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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...

[Anonymous]

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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 

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[Cleoriff]

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