UK Train WiFi: A Basic Expectation?

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Dear Avanti West Coast, In recent years, human beings have made exponential gains in remote working, artificial intelligence and global vaccine development. It feels like proper WiFi on trains should be, dare I say it, achievable? 🙄 Kind regards, A hopeful (but under-productive) Manchester ↔️ London passenger

Oh no, I don’t want reliable WiFi on trains! I use bad WiFi as an excuse to pop everything on airplane mode the moment I get on a train (to prevent any kind of frustration with dodgy connections) and tune into a podcast (pre-downloaded) or stick my nose in a book for quality reading time. Obviously this relies on being in the Quiet Coach in my preferred seat, and everyone else around me being quiet too. Oh, and the train being on time and announcements kept to a minimum..! Totally understand other people wanting good WiFi though.

I assume this was sent at the end of a journey. No way would the connection have held long enough during it for the post to register...

For reasons I cannot understand the WiFi was actually far more reliable before the pandemic and the shift to remote working. Really frustrating.

It's most of the network tbf. Personally I love Rory Sutherland's perspective - it's worth a watch 📺 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6t2drFKBR7/?igsh=MTE4Y3RubXVqYjVmZw==

Two hours 11 minutes trying to file expenses on the Avanti last night felt like trying to load a game using a cassette on my old Atari computer back in 1986. You know it’s a problem when tech works like it did before lots of passengers were even born.

On Avanti train home from London. Intermittent slow wi-fi. Anyone’s guess if this gets posted !

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One of my biggest life bug bears is why can't we make effective wifi on trains work. The chester to crewe blackspot ridiculous...don't get me started that until you hit Milton Keynes out of euston don't even think about working on wifi. It's bonkers that what should be a productive 2 hours becomes beyond infuriating...

If we're talking Avanti, can we just have the seat reservations work? We're British - we'd prefer to avoid the awkward conversations around "you're in my seat"

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