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Citytrain commuters to receive free internet access
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25321035-3102,00.html

By Darrell Giles

April 12, 2009 12:00am

PASSENGERS will soon be able to surf the web free of charge while catching the train in southeast Queensland.

Ms Nolan said new wireless equipment to allow security footage to be streamed in real time to Queensland Rail's control room at Central Station in Brisbane, would also create wireless internet access at stations and on trains.

"This means that commuters will be able to log on to the internet and catch up on emails on their train ride to work or while waiting at a station," she said yesterday.

Ms Nolan said the scheme, which would cost Queensland Rail between $1 million and $4 million, was expected to be available in every train and station in the Citytrain network by early 2010.

The new technology would make Queensland the only state in Australia where commuters could rely on constant wireless access.

She said people living near train lines or stations would not be able to tap into the free internet service because it would be "fire-walled"."


Sounds good but I wonder what they mean by people living near train lines would not be able to tap into the internet service.