Not half as ridiculous as your statement. I take it that you've never found yourself lost without an internet connection in an area where no one speaks English. Have some humanity.
Having free WiFi reduces the consumption of allocated amount of data. I was only allowed 1GB of data several years back, so you should find having free WiFi does help.
Really? Then you certainly haven't been on SWR, where mobile data connectivity is, quite frankly, rubbish. A thickened, moving container of steel does make it harder to have a balanced reach than it does walking in the street.
Have some humanity? Get a grip. How can a foreign tourist find themselves lost on a train? They are on a train, ergo they are not lost.
I Must remember to lobby the Welsh Government to improve Wifi on the 197s in North Wales.
Plenty of people get lost on trains. I've ended up in the arse end of beyond in Poland, at a station with a similar looking place name to my actual destination - the train times were very close to those in the timetable for my destination too so I didn't twig. Luckily I could phone someone who had internet access because mine had stopped working when it crossed the border from Czechia for some reason. They sorted me out.
Plenty of things aren't mandated in regulations. They're still the right thing to do.
But nobody needs wifi, like many people you're confusing "need" with "want". Let's be honest, from looking at other people's phone and laptop screens on the train, nearly all of them aren't doing anything worthwhile, they're just wasting time watching trashy American TV shows on Netflicks or playing childish games that involve prodding coloured blobs on a screen.
As said before there is mobile 4G\5G widely available.
Nobody needs comfy seats, clean windows, plugs, tables, the list goes on. Soon you’re left with a square piece of metal with some benches inside. In fact leisure travel outweighs business travel, so most people don’t need to take the train, we might as well be done with them.
Nobody needs windows. Fitting windows to trains adds a considerable cost, particularly once you've considered crashworthiness. Perhaps we should do away with windows. Then we can consider removing all other frills like power sockets, air conditioning, suspension...
I'm tempted to agree there, such that they would have to go into the vestibule to make a call. But provide onboard WiFi, just so long as it blocks streaming of videos or music unless headphones are detected.
Depends upon how you accomplish it. On a Pendo or a Voyager you just switch off the signal booster. The train will take care of the rest.
The TOC should supply me with a laptop. Why should I pay for one?
This is a bizarre argument.
Quite. It's in the nice things to have category.
It's tongue in cheek.
Is it minimal extra cost? The bandwidth requirements for the train itself or for onboard crew for say ticket checks etc to pass data back to HQ are tiny compared to that required for multiple data hungry passengers that's not to mention the security\integration issues that may require duplication of equipment for different uses.
That's why it should up to individual TOCs whether the additional costs are worth it for their passengers.
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Couldn't angry suit man wait until he had got home and did the work there instead? At least the wifi wouldn't be on the blink, the paperwork and PC wouldn't be knocked by other passengers getting their gear from the overhead rack plus it'd be nice and quiet if they did do it at home unless little Jonny and Jane come screaming in the lounge to see their father.
