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The Present => Beyond the Beltway => Topic started by: WMATAGMOAGH on March 05, 2010, 08:42:20 AM

Title: WiFi Now Available on Acela and Select Regional Trains
Post by: WMATAGMOAGH on March 05, 2010, 08:42:20 AM
Info from Amtrak: http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/AM_Content_C/1246044325520/1237405732514

I'm glad they limit streaming and such, though according to the Faster Forward blog at washingtonpost.com, sites such as Facebook and eHarmony are also blocked.
Title: Re: WiFi Now Available on Acela and Select Regional Trains
Post by: Scrabbleship on March 05, 2010, 10:29:58 AM
Quote from: WMATAGMOAGH on March 05, 2010, 08:42:20 AM
Info from Amtrak: http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/AM_Content_C/1246044325520/1237405732514

I'm glad they limit streaming and such, though according to the Faster Forward blog at washingtonpost.com, sites such as Facebook and eHarmony are also blocked.

Facebook wasn't blocked, it's URL shortening service ("fb.me") was blocked inadvertantly as it was seen as a "dating site". Oddly Myspace wasn't blocked which, if memory serves me right, it is on Megabus (but not on Boltbus).

No hope for streaming video either, YouTube and Hulu are both blocked (as is on Megabus and not Boltbus).
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