News:

MyKidsDiary.in :: Capture your kids magical moment and create your Online Private Diary for your kids

Main Menu

Every day in Chennai [today......what......?]

Started by dhilipkumar, Sep 24, 2008, 11:52 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

Kalyan

Central station is first in country to get free Wi-Fi

Bored waiting for your train at Chennai Central railway station? Step into the virtual world and send office mails or skim through Facebook, using the free Wi-Fi offered at the station.

Chennai Central became the first railway station to get Wi-Fi connectivity after railway minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda inaugurated the facility on Friday. However, many commuters said they were not able to access the Internet from the platforms.

The minister had announced in the Budget that Wi-Fi facility would be provided at all A1 stations. A pilot project has been started at Chennai Central by RailTel, a public sector telecom infrastructure provider.

"To access Wi-Fi, the passenger has to choose the 'railwire' network. The username is the person's mobile number and the password will be messaged to respective users upon registering," said a railway official.

Browsing is free for the first half-an-hour, and after that, a nominal amount will be charged. "We will introduce Wi-Fi at Egmore railway station next," said the official.

On Friday, several passengers who tried to log in were unable to access the network, however.

"It is a welcome move and will be useful to business travellers. But I was not able to access the Internet from platform nine," said E. Shanmugham, a passenger.

Source - The Hindu

dhoni

chennai is best city

it always busy time for chennai