[dundee] mobile internet access on the busses.

[azmodie]

Hi all,  I'm sending this email from the x54 stagecoach bus dundee -
edinburgh .  looks like stagecoach are adding 38 buses within the fife
area commuter services with equipped with  wifi

http://www.stagecoachbus.com/news_4644.html

"While offering free Wi-Fi connectivity to passengers is a value-added
service that is going to distinguish a public transit operator from
its competition, that's not the main selling point for the operators,"
said Baker, CEO of UK-based Moovera Networks, whose company makes
gateway devices that deliver broadband connectivity to public
transport companies worldwide. "The primary driver is not Wi-Fi for
passengers, but Internet connectivity for the vehicle."

Baker says that there are three reasons why public transportation
companies want Internet connectivity in the vehicles.

"One is passenger Wi-Fi, so they can deliver a service to the
passengers that sets them apart from its competition," he said.
"Transport operators' key focus in life is to get backsides on seats,
no matter how they do it."

The second driver is delivering a vehicle area network (VAN) to allow
connectivity between all of the vehicle's devices and applications.

"For example, the vehicle may have a telematics system, which measures
the speed that the driver is going, fuel conditions, braking
conditions, and the pitch of the vehicle as it moves," Baker said.
"That information is stored locally on a disk-based device in the
vehicle. Our gateway allows that telematic information to be accessed
remotely so that vehicle operators can have a complete overview of
their fleets in real-time as their vehicles move around all over the
place."


Note the moovera gateways are connected to vodaphone gsm network @
rate  of  1.7mb upgrading to faster speeds in near future.


azmodie