The chaps at Moovera have been busy. Very busy. Fresh from kitting out services for both Stagecoach (Oxford to London) and National Express (Cambridge to London) with WiFi, they’ve just gone live with free WiFi on the First Cymru Shuttle100 bus service between Swansea and Cardiff.
Kudos to First Group, the owners of First Cymru, for introducing the facility at no charge to customers. The 42 mile Swansea/Cardiff route takes about an hour, on average so I am confident that quite a few passengers will leap at the chance to check their email or knock about on the internet during the journey. If I found myself having to travel this route, I’d certainly be more interested in taking a First Cymru bus, rather than other transport alternatives as a result of this new offering. Anyone contemplating having a meeting in either city would do well to take along their laptop for the ride.
Justin Davies, MD of First Cymru, has posted this on their news page:
We now have fitted WiFi equipment to coaches working on the Swansea to Cardiff ‘Shuttle100’ service. We have invested £10K in the new technology which means that you will be able to browse your favourite web sites and check emails free of charge whilst travelling on the coach. We are the first operator in Wales to adopt this technology across a dedicated route and fleet of coaches. The service runs between the two cities up to 16 times a day on weekdays, and hourly on Sundays, offering value for money fares. Shuttle100 also serves Bridgend Designer Outlet. Remember, you can buy your Shuttle ticket on local buses in Swansea, so that your journey to the Quadrant Bus Station is free.
I think it’s a smart decision by First Cymru. The case study (pdf link) on Moovera’s site about the Stagecoach implementation reports that during the first six months of operation, 8,500 unique users accessed the on-Bus WiFi over 40,000 times.
It’s ye olde Big Red — Vodafone — behind the First Cymru (and Stagecoach) services and T-Mobile behind the National Express service (pdf link).
I’ve never actually been to Wales — not once, which is, I think, a sad state of affairs. If time permits, I will get over to Cardiff and check out the First Cymru on-board WiFi service. Has anyone come across similar ‘on-bus’ (or train) services around the world? (I had a look on Greyhound.com but didn’t see any references to on-board WiFi)
Writing this, I was also reminded of BlackAdder‘s advice on Wales, perhaps rendered obsolete if you can use your laptop or mobile to look up google maps on-board:
“Never ask for directions in Wales, Baldrick. You’ll be washing spit off your face for a fortnight.”
I’m currently sitting on a National Express train service from Durham to London, which has free wifi. I hope the ‘free’ part isn’t just a way to get people hooked so that then they can start charging!
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Your 10k investment in this new technology may have been wasted if people get onto the fact that FREE WiFi spots are all over the country now.
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All I can say is “its pretty damb good and works” I know there is quite a few free WiFi hot spots around these days such as McDonald's and hotels but this video shows you how to get Free WiFi access anywhere with just a single click of the mouse.
The information will benefit a broad range of internet users, from business people making a pit stop to check email between meetings to those looking for a leisurely break at the weekend to download music. In fact, a regular hotspot user who pays to log on for just an hour a week in a coffee shop could stand to save as much as £260 per year on premium WiFi charges. add that to the cost of your internet connection at home, you could esily save over £400 per yr.
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I found this great video on How to get Free WiFi access anywhere, anytime.
All I can say is “its pretty damb good and works” I know there is quite a few free WiFi hot spots around these days such as McDonald's and hotels but this video shows you how to get Free WiFi access anywhere with just a single click of the mouse.
The information will benefit a broad range of internet users, from business people making a pit stop to check email between meetings to those looking for a leisurely break at the weekend to download music. In fact, a regular hotspot user who pays to log on for just an hour a week in a coffee shop could stand to save as much as £260 per year on premium WiFi charges. add that to the cost of your internet connection at home, you could esily save over £400 per yr.
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Check out the video below
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