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06-10-2014, 02:23 AM
Amtrak to Launch High-Speed Wi-Fi Network
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Amtrak is planning to create its own high-speed Wi-Fi (http://mashable.com/category/wi-fi/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) network for passengers on its **rtheast Corridor lines
The network, which would offer a boost in speeds from the current 10 Mbps to a minimum of 25 Mbps, would span the entire 457-mile stretch of Amtrak's (http://mashable.com/category/amtrak/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) **rtheast Corridor, which runs from Boston through New York to Washington, D.C.
See also: Millennial Trains Project Helps Young People Get Their Ideas Moving (http://mashable.com/2014/06/08/millennial-trains-project/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Currently, there are ** specific plans in place, but the company is accepting bids (http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/549/540/Amtrak-Aims-to-Build-Trackside-WiFi-ATK-14-059.pdf) to build a proof-of-concept version of the project. An Amtrak spokesperson told Mashable that the company is hoping to move the project along rapidly with "possible construction of a test program in Winter 2014/2015." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/09/amtrak-high-speed-wi-fi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Wi Fi (http://mashable.com/category/wi-fi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Trains (http://mashable.com/category/trains/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Amtrak (http://mashable.com/category/amtrak/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Commuter (http://mashable.com/category/commuter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/M46FgjbQuIE
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Amtrak is planning to create its own high-speed Wi-Fi (http://mashable.com/category/wi-fi/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) network for passengers on its **rtheast Corridor lines
The network, which would offer a boost in speeds from the current 10 Mbps to a minimum of 25 Mbps, would span the entire 457-mile stretch of Amtrak's (http://mashable.com/category/amtrak/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) **rtheast Corridor, which runs from Boston through New York to Washington, D.C.
See also: Millennial Trains Project Helps Young People Get Their Ideas Moving (http://mashable.com/2014/06/08/millennial-trains-project/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Currently, there are ** specific plans in place, but the company is accepting bids (http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/549/540/Amtrak-Aims-to-Build-Trackside-WiFi-ATK-14-059.pdf) to build a proof-of-concept version of the project. An Amtrak spokesperson told Mashable that the company is hoping to move the project along rapidly with "possible construction of a test program in Winter 2014/2015." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/09/amtrak-high-speed-wi-fi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Wi Fi (http://mashable.com/category/wi-fi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Trains (http://mashable.com/category/trains/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Amtrak (http://mashable.com/category/amtrak/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Commuter (http://mashable.com/category/commuter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/M46FgjbQuIE