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Kay_nyc May 1, 2019 4:20 am

Wifi quality on NYC<>Montreal Route
 
Has anyone recently taken the train from NYC to Montreal (or at least part of the way). I'm thinking of taking it in the summer, but I can't take an entire day off work to ride the train. If I could get on Wifi and make it a WFH day, it would work, but I know from past experiences on other routes that the Wifi quality can vary from ok to maddeningly bad.

3Cforme May 1, 2019 9:44 am

I may suggest you look at Verizon and AT&T coverage maps and you'll have a pretty good idea of service. Don't expect Amtrak wifi in Canada. Does your phone not offer a wifi hotspot?

https://www.amtrak.com/onboard/journ...n-station.html

physioprof May 1, 2019 2:22 pm

You will get vastly faster internet connectivity using your cell phone WiFi hotspot. This is basically what the train WiFi does, except sharing one cell phone connection with many passengers.

ambyr May 2, 2019 9:39 am

I found cell connection on that route pretty spotty last fall.

dx3003 Oct 26, 2022 8:38 am

Has Wifi improved during the pandemic era? I am taking Hiawatha in a couple of weeks to Milwaukee.

zephyr17 Oct 26, 2022 9:06 am

1. That is really a different question. Netiquette is to start your own thread, not piggyback on a three year old one, especially one for a train that has been suspended since March 2020 and not the one you're traveling
2. Part of the reason the wifi was so poor on the Adirondack was that Amtrak wifi is dependent on terrestrial towers and cell service was spotty along Lake Champlain. That obviously doesn't apply in the heavily populated Corridor between Chicago and Milwaukee. However, with that said, Amtrak wifi is typically not great. Checking email and some web browsing, meh. Zoom meetings or streaming, no. You'll generally do better tethering to your phone and using your own cell data plan if your phone supports it.

dhammer53 Oct 27, 2022 7:24 am


Originally Posted by zephyr17 (Post 34710231)
1. That is really a different question. Netiquette is to start your own thread, not piggyback on a three year old one, especially one for a train that has been suspended since March 2020 and not the one you're traveling
2. Part of the reason the wifi was so poor on the Adirondack was that Amtrak wifi is dependent on terrestrial towers and cell service was spotty along Lake Champlain. That obviously doesn't apply in the heavily populated Corridor between Chicago and Milwaukee. However, with that said, Amtrak wifi is typically not great. Checking email and some web browsing, meh. Zoom meetings or streaming, no. You'll generally do better tethering to your phone and using your own cell data plan if your phone supports it.

Color me confused. dx3003 did a search. Bonus points for that.


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