Hat tip to Matt Miller for this one.
As someone who grew up in Philadelphia and remembers 30th Street Station very well (have you seen Witness with Harrison Ford?) having WiFi in there and elsewhere is a big plus. Adding it in three other stations including New York City's Penn Station is a really good step in the right direction, and AMTRAK's selection of T-Mobile is the right choice. I'll be in Philadelphia in the next month and will stop by the train station just to see how well its working.
Matt's comment about WiFi on board the train in Seattle is also encouraging. After my more than positive experience on the Heathrow Express in London I wish all trains had WiFi on board. Yesterday I ended up using my HSDPA connection via 3 here in the UK. With all the tunnels and underpasses on the route the Gatwick Express takes, the connection dropped regularly, and speeds went from 3G down to GPRS. Boy, did I miss that WiFi.
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