Comments on: Wi-Fi on BART

By: another JS

another JS — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:54:35 +0000

1 to the other JS.

I think the $.49 is for the professional discount subscription. Which is you wait long enough you can get them to mail you that offer.

By: Johnny Forsure

Johnny Forsure — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:37:00 +0000

Or, perhaps, when someone grabs your laptop while running through the closing doors at Daly City, our friends at BART homeland security will be watching live streaming video from all 600 wifi enabled trains over 100 miles of track and spanning multiple counties, pausing for only a moment to note the station name and gather the description of the suspect, then touching a button and grabbing a wifi enabled phone to call the station agent and alert BART police to have the suspect apprehended at the top of the stairs.

Or, someone could grab the tape out of the VCR on the train at the end of the day and you could see if there was any way to identify the thief. That is assuming the train you are on has a VCR and cameras.

It’s almost scary how good it can be. There is absolutely no technological way to provide live video on a high speed rail system without a legit wifi network. 802.11g/n. Hello future, how may you help me? Hook up the line, hook up the cars, hook up the people. game over.
jf

By: JS

JS — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:32:06 +0000

Orrrr, you can try the veritable off-line BART solution: your trusty pulp magazine. I recommend a New Yorker:

* Foldable
* Lightweight
* Top Notch content filter

And when someone grabs your laptop out of your lap and runs into the closing doors of a Daly City train, you’re only out $3.50 if they grab your New Yorker - top. $.49 if you buy a 2 year subscription.