Wi-Fi on Road

Most of all people can not take the hazards of availing the public transport to reach their destination as it is quite hectic and takes lots of time. Apart from that maintenance of  a private car can be very expensive. Therefore it is very common that most people opt for public transport to reach office or home.

Now a dates most of all people carry office laptops to their homes. It helps them to complete their pending work sitting at home in their home. At the same time they can spend quality time with their family and friends. For those who carry office laptops it will be a great help if the train or the bus they travel are equipped with wi-fi access.

Now a day a number trains and buses have started offering wi-fi facility to their regular passengers. It has become one of the most necessary amenities these days. This facility will be an added advantage especially for those who carry cell phones which are inbuilt with internet and wi-fi access facility.

Passengers can avail all kinds of wi-fi networks anytime while traveling by bus or train. Most of the time it takes almost 45 minutes to 1 hour to reach one place to another by public transports. Wasting this precious time may cost their careers or services. Wi-Fi network may help them to complete the assignment while traveling. It saves a lot of time too.

The access of wi-fi network is not only limited to the passengers only, it also provide security to the transport operators. Most of all transports are that provide wi-fi facility are quite well equipped with wireless closed circuit surveillance cameras. These cameras can be operated from the central transport office using wi-fi network. Through these cameras operators can see whether everything is fine inside the bus or train anytime.

Above the closed circuit surveillance camera a wireless sensor can be placed to keep a watchful eye on the performance and condition of the engine. It will help the remote support office to perform necessary maintenance and repair work according to the requirement to keep it running smoothly. Moreover if any problem arises while the bus or the train is far from the depot the drivers can immediately ask for help through help and the support team can fix the problem without wasting much time.

Beside all these benefits some technical issues are there as well. Wi-fi has some problem related to bandwidth that means you may face slow internet problem if the bus or train you are traveling gets over crowded. Wi-fi can serve only a few number of traffic at a time.

Most of all operators are afraid of the misuse of the wi-fi internet access functionality. They think it will be misused by a number of commuters. On the other hand many passenger also do not want to carry laptops as they fear that they may loose their laptops while traveling.

In spite of having all these technical faults many people are enjoying wi-fi facility on their way to office or home. They are hope that the number users will be increased with time and with the growth of 4G technology.