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That's cool, but what I'd really like to see is something like Starlink on Amtrak trains. I would be happy with slower but much more comfortable train rides if
by UtopiaPunk 2y ago
That's cool, but what I'd really like to see is something like Starlink on Amtrak trains. I would be happy with slower but much more comfortable train rides if I could do my work on the train.
- noja 2y agoCan’t you use a mobile data connection?
- umeshunni 2y agoNot if it's going through remote, unpopulated areas (like the California Zephyr).
- infotainment 2y agoAdmittedly, I felt this actually added to my enjoyment of the Zephyr ride -- total disconnection.
- aednichols 2y agoMobile data sucks even in the densely populated northeast parts of the Amtrak system. Cell network congestion and dead spots where the railroad takes a path away from population centers and highways.
- UtopiaPunk 2y agoYeah, and I'm not in the northeast, so for me, an Amtrak ride almost always means riding through long stretches of rural (and sometimes practically wilderness) areas. Mobile data connection goes in and out, very unreliable.
- greenavocado 2y agoNo, absolutely not. It constantly cuts out in the Northeast
- davidf18 2y ago[dead]
- in-pursuit 2y agoYou’d rather ride a train for 20 hours instead of a 2 hour flight?
- UtopiaPunk 2y agoIf I could work on my laptop, yeah. There's a list of reasons why I don't like flying, but I have to do it a few times a year. And I work from home. I need a dependable Internet connection for my work, but otherwise I don't need much. If I could sit on a train instead of sit in my house, that would be nice. Watching the countryside roll by is a nice office window :)
- jjeaff 2y agoMore like 4-5 hrs vs 20 when you account for the fact that you have to be at the airport early to deal with security and boarding among other airport slowdowns.