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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
Effective immediately, passengers on the Swiss railway system (SBB) can surf the Internet and access their e-mail at broadband speeds via public wireless LAN on 75 Intercity first-class coaches. This is just one more way that Swisscom gives customers wireless access to the Internet while on the move. The best connection is guaranteed on the Berne-Zurich line. For Swisscom customers with a mobile phone or DSL subscription, access costs CHF 4 per hour and is billed in 15-minute increments. Swisscom provides more than 1,200 hotspots in the Swiss Public Wireless LAN, allowing high-speed mobile surfing. Now Swisscom and SBB are launching the first mobile hotspot: Passengers with a WLAN-compatible device (notebook, smartphone, PC card, etc.) have Internet access in 75 first-class coaches with business seats at speeds of up to 1Mbit/s. Until now, passengers had broadband Internet access on trains using Mobile Unlimited. With the new service, Swisscom offers customers with a WLAN-compatible device one more way to access the Internet while on the move. The 75 train coaches have been equipped with WLAN base stations. They are connected to Swisscom's mobile network and make broadband access to the Internet possible depending on the available technology (EGDE, UMTS, HSPA). Swisscom can guarantee the best connection on the Berne-Zurich line thanks to its extensive HSPA network. The coaches with business seats that offer this service are identified by a notebook symbol on the outside of the coach. The seats are usually in Section A, for example, in
Zurich and
Berne. Customers with a suitable device can simply dial in to the WLAN network.
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