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From: Rupert Moss-Eccardt on 8 Apr 2010 06:18
NetGuy wrote:
> I don't personally travel on that line, but a friend reports that for
> about 2 months he has been unable to get any coverage when
> travelling. Previously he had good service from Crewe down to
> Euston (using Vodafone) but since Virgin has been offering its
> customers free internet access in First Class, things seem to
> have changed.
>
> This is on the Pendolino trains. He said that their other trains
> (diesel powered) never had reliable broadband service which
> he put down to interference from the diesel-electric units.
>
> Have other people noticed similar problems, either with Voda
> or other networks, please ?


This is based on supposition, mostly:

Virgin have recently changed to offering 'better' mobile coverage and
WiFi on the Pendolini. I would guess this is by using one of the
"moovbox" type services. It may well be that the friend is now getting
one of the picocells on the train and, for some reason, that isn't
offering the APN he wants or it is deliberately set up to encourage WiFi
use first.

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