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Old Dec 14, 2009, 6:03 pm
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Triley
 
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Originally Posted by Jimgotkp
I got a question. I see kids who are college students like me who have internet when they are on a train and I feel it's unlikely of them having those internet cards that cell phone companies provide since they are expensive and college students don't exactly need them on-campus. Where do they get their internet? Cause the Acelas I'm on, I never rode one that had complimentary WIFI or was there any open, working router/access point... Heard that Optimum's WIFI for current Optimum customers had a few areas where they had connection but I didn't get anything.....
You can also hook up most phones to a laptop, and use your cell phone as a modem. Granted, the speeds could only be a couple of times faster than dial-up, though the speeds are constantly getting increased. It certainly does the job.
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