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Free Wifi at Local Stations
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NewForester


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27-03-2012 08:33 AM

Forest Hill is one of the first 12 Overground stations to get free wifi.

TechWeek Europe wrote:
The Cloud To Supply Free Wi-Fi To London Overground

Passengers will receive 60 minutes of free Wi-Fi Internet at London’s railway stations
On March 26, 2012 by Steve McCaskill

Passengers on the London Overground will soon receive free Internet access after a deal was struck to provide Wi-Fi connections at all 56 stations on the network.

The news comes less than two weeks after Virgin Media announced that it had signed a deal to install Wi-Fi services to 120 London Underground stations in time for the Olympic Games this summer.

Going overground

Hotspots will be installed at 12 stations to begin with; New Cross Gate, Forest Hill, West Croydon, Norwood Junction, Surrey Quays, Dalston, Wapping, Hackney Central, Kensington Olympia and Shepherd’s Bush, with rollout to the rest of the network completed by the end of this year.

The wireless hotspots will be operated by The Cloud and users will need to register just once to receive their sixty minutes of free access each day. The service will remain free to use after the Olympics, unlike the London Underground Wi-Fi service.

After the games have concluded, only Virgin Mobile customers will continue to be able to use the [Underground] service free of charge, with users of other networks subject a Pay-As-You-Go payment model. Bidding for the service began last March and is part of Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s plans to bring Wi-Fi to public transport in London, including buses.

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Free Wifi at Local Stations - NewForester - 27-03-2012 08:33 AM
RE: Free Wifi - admin - 27-03-2012, 08:42 AM
RE: Free Wifi - michael - 18-12-2012, 10:01 AM
RE: Free Wifi at Local Stations - Snazy - 18-12-2012, 05:00 PM
RE: Free Wifi at Local Stations - lacb - 07-01-2013, 03:40 PM
RE: Free Wifi at Local Stations - lacb - 07-01-2013, 07:06 PM
RE: Free Wifi at Local Stations - lacb - 08-01-2013, 05:32 PM
RE: Free Wifi at Local Stations - rbmartin - 16-01-2013, 05:41 PM
RE: Free Wifi at Local Stations - lacb - 17-01-2013, 10:24 AM