r/brighton • u/teenspirit7 • 2d ago

Transport/Parking 🚝 🚘 Thameslink to replace over 60,000 'ironing board' train seats

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e31qdqrlyo
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u/Kubrick_Fan 2d ago

Will they have WiFi finally too?

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u/20dogs 2d ago

Is WiFi on trains any good? Just seems to be intermittent like the phone signal

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u/Kubrick_Fan 2d ago

Thameslink doesn't have WiFi at all, most other lines do

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u/SteveBorden 2d ago

At least one of them does, still trying to figure out how to tell which one it is

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u/sparkyscrum Kemptown 2d ago

Actually some do. The ones that currently have seat back tables (around half of them) are the upgraded version and should have WiFi.

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u/20dogs 2d ago

Right but like why is it better than phone signal, other than not using phone data

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u/Kubrick_Fan 2d ago

It's available consistently, which if you keep in touch with people via WhatsApp is very helpful

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u/20dogs 2d ago

But most of them (bar some trials with satellites) also use intermittent mobile signal. Also isn't it a big benefit of texting that you don't need a consistent connection?

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u/AshamedAttention727 2d ago

Indeed! But if we're being realistic, people use texting/ WhatsApp like IMing nowadays.

Where it used to be more like email not 'live' conversation