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Public transport Wi-Fi is hot: SF BART to be unwired

May 24, 2008 at 12:33 PM by Esme Vos

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is negotiating with Sacramento-based Wi-Fi Rail for the installation of Wi-Fi access in BART trains that traverse the Bay Area. BART plans to offer free (with ads) and paid Wi-Fi service. BART will not be paying for the network; Wi-Fi Rail will bear all of the costs, approximately $20 million. Seen that model before?

For those who commute everyday from one end of the Bay Area to the other, which can often take…

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Caltrain Wi-Fi project delays: what is the model for Wi-Fi on public transport?

September 10, 2007 at 4:01 AM by Esme Vos

Caltrain rejected two bids for its project to deploy Wi-Fi connectivity on trains between San Francisco and San Jose, according to the San Mateo Daily Journal. Caltrain says one bid was too expensive and the other too restrictive.

According to the San Mateo article, one of the bidders (Nomad Digital from Newcastle, UK) asked Caltrain to make a significant investment in the deployment of the network. Caltrain balked at the proposal because it was too costly. They are using grant money…

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