Free 3G on Buses

From the end of this year, Dutch passengers who travel on the new Connexxion buses can make use of wireless Internet access via Vodafone's UMTS network, free of charge. Initially this unique Internet connection, via Vodafone's UMTS network, will be available on four bus routes in the region of Twente.

By means of a hotspot (Wireless Lan Access Point) in the bus, passengers can use their laptop or PDA to access the Internet and surf their favourite websites, send and receive e-mail or use "instant messaging", while the bus is transporting them to their destination. In the first instance this service will be offered on routes where passengers are usually on the bus for a fairly long period of time.

If the new service proves popular with bus passengers, then more buses will start to offer Internet access."

Posted to the site on 28th March 2005