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Richard White said:
Honestly, it makes sense.

Wi-Fi in stations is somewhat pointless when it takes a minute or two to connect. By the time you have connected you either missed a train or the train is arriving.

Having a mobile signal in the station is far more useful.
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I think it's a bad move. The contract was for 20 years and we cut it short half way through, it might be "ok" for most people in the city but it sucks for tourists.

The only reason it was slow is because they had issues with the authentication portal, I saw it changed providers many times.
 
He cited the “radical” drop in usage, and said the cost to replace TConnect, which has been estimated at $17 million, “does not feel like a wise investment.” For those who need public Wi-Fi access “there are literally thousands of connection points around the city,” Green said.
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Holy shit what are theese access points running?
Theres no way it should be that much
 
W. K. Lis said:
Are the pay phones being returned to the underground stations? :eek:
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When did they leave? When was that last time you were in a subway station, Walter?

Most, if not all, still have payphones. fewer than they used to, mind you, but they're still around.
 
Richard White said:
I was with Bell for 2 days last week. Both days I got a signal in subway stations.

FWIW Bell has an abysmal signal inside buildings.
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Interesting - I'd have assumed you'd have needed a data plan from Bell - not just cellular. Does it work anywhere else, or just in subway stations.
 
nfitz said:
Interesting - I'd have assumed you'd have needed a data plan from Bell - not just cellular. Does it work anywhere else, or just in subway stations.
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I did but honestly who doesn't?

My point was that there is cell service for more than just Rogers. You can call and text underground from other networks.
 
Richard White said:
I did but honestly who doesn't?
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My teenager doesn't. Well she does have some for emergencies - but she has never touched it, even though I tell her to for some things.

My current plan doesn't have enough for me to scrolling the Internet for all my transit rides.

Sure, white privileged adults mostly have data.

Richard White said:
My point was that there is cell service for more than just Rogers. You can call and text underground from other networks.
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Of course. But my point was that Rogers will benefit from cutting the wi-fi, as some of those that do rely on the wi-fi will now send $ Rogers (and the others) way.

Rogers also benefits, as they are (were?) contractually required to maintain the wi-fi through 2032, at no cost to TTC.

So why let them off the hook, when GO Transit is touting how well their WiFi service is doing (it certainly connects better than TTC these days) - even though I'd think their average customer is MORE likely to have mobile data than the average TTC customer.
 
nfitz said:
For those privileged enough to have paid Rogers more money for their expensive mobile data - sure.

I don't use food banks or homeless shelters either. Let's get rid of those too.
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It’s open to all carriers, no? I certainly have service with Telus.

Edit: just checked and it’s open to all carriers. Feds mandated it.
 
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