Internet has grown to a daily activity of a large amount of people all over the world. These people want to be online as much as possible. Due to these developments, the public transport in the Netherlands also reacts on the needs of the society. The NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) provides a Wi-Fi connection for its customers. The introduction of the system, last Monday, was from direction Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena to Leiden. The intention of the NS is that in early 2013 all of the NS intercity trains are equipped with Internet. This year, a third of the trains should be able to provide a Wi-Fi connection.
For the customers of the NS, it is important to see which of the compartments of the train contain a Wi-Fi connection. Therefore, the NS marked the doors of these compartments with the Wi-Fi logo. Another advantage of using an Internet connection at the train, is the information for the customer. While using the internet for the last current travel information, the customers always get the latest news for their trip. The information is shown on monitors that are placed in the different compartments of the train and contain an overview for all the travellers
The Wi-Fi connection will be for free during the next three years. After this period, the minister guarantees an acceptable amount for using the Wi-Fi connection. The minister also hopes that these developments promote using the train, also for people who drive by car to their work every day.
For the customers of the NS, it is important to see which of the compartments of the train contain a Wi-Fi connection. Therefore, the NS marked the doors of these compartments with the Wi-Fi logo. Another advantage of using an Internet connection at the train, is the information for the customer. While using the internet for the last current travel information, the customers always get the latest news for their trip. The information is shown on monitors that are placed in the different compartments of the train and contain an overview for all the travellers
The Wi-Fi connection will be for free during the next three years. After this period, the minister guarantees an acceptable amount for using the Wi-Fi connection. The minister also hopes that these developments promote using the train, also for people who drive by car to their work every day.
The development of internet in organisations like the NS is very well for the people in the Netherlands. The sky is the limit with these kind of projects and in a couple of years I expect that internet is always available for all the people in the Netherlands.
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