BART to passengers: no Wi-Fi for you!

By on October 31, 2008 in WiFi Deployments, WiFi News

The Bay Area Rapid Transit in the San Francisco Bay Area may not be installing a Wi-Fi network on its trains after all. The San Francisco Examiner reports that Wi-Fi Rail, the company hired by BART to install the network, does not have sufficient funds. Wi-Fi Rail says however that BART has not yet signed the contract so it’s hard for them to raise money, especially in this environment.

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One Response to BART to passengers: no Wi-Fi for you!

  1. Glenn Fleishman October 31, 2008 at 7:07 pm #

    See my updated story: Examiner got it wrong, according to Wi-Fi Rail’s head, Cooper Lee. He called me this afternoon to set the record straight. Since Wi-Fi Rail was the only source for the Examiner story (BART hadn’t heard Wi-Fi Rail was out of money because it wasn’t), it’s hard to accept the SF daily’s analysis now! Wi-Fi Rail says they have plenty of money for current situation, and about half of what they need for full buildout is equipment financing, not capital raising.

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