{"id":10381,"date":"2017-04-27T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=10381"},"modified":"2017-04-28T12:32:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T17:32:22","slug":"wi-fi-may-soon-coming-tunnel-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wi-fi-may-soon-coming-tunnel-near\/","title":{"rendered":"Wi-Fi May Soon Be Coming to a Tunnel Near You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cybersecurity is a big deal. You use your smartphone for so much more now than phone calls, reading email, and chatting. You shop with it, you pay bills with it, and you sometimes send personal data, like Social Security numbers, on your device. If you use public Wi-Fi, then you should get in the habit of checking its security. Click here to check your network\u2019s connection speed and security:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Test-Your-Connection\"<\/a><\/center>DFNDR\u2019s Wi-Fi Check feature is a great way to easily check the safety and strength of your public Wi-Fi signal. After clicking the button, Wi-Fi Check will let you know where your Wi-Fi stands. Take advantage of Wi-Fi Check next time you use Wi-Fi on the subway.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: <\/b>How Safe is it to Use the Wi-Fi at Starbucks?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

You are busy multitasking: you are making a phone call and getting your schedule set for the day, when you enter a tunnel on the subway and lose your signal from the station altogether. It\u2019s certainly a frustrating experience. But it should soon be a thing of the past in the U.S., if BAI Canada\u2019s recent efforts to install Wi-Fi in Toronto\u2019s subway tunnels are any indication. So far, L.A.\u2019s metro is leading the way for Internet access in subway tunnels.<\/span><\/p>\n

The First Step: Wi-Fi in Subway Stations<\/b><\/p>\n

It all began with Wi-Fi and cell service in NYC subway stations. Riders had to take a moment to log in while at the station platform, and while there was a slight annoyance factor there, it was better than nothing. When there was a train delay or you were simply stuck waiting, you could better pass the time and catch up with the endless amounts of email and messages to read, and add items to the day\u2019s to-do list. <\/span><\/p>\n

Internet Access in Subway Tunnels<\/b><\/p>\n

Although NYC has far more traffic on their subway system than L.A. does, L.A. is ahead of the game: they are currently offering cell service and Internet access on select lines. The L.A. metro has been slowly rolling out cell service in tunnels, which is currently being offered on the Purple Line and all of downtown. Soon, they will be expanding cell service to all of the Red Line. <\/span><\/p>\n

While there isn\u2019t Wi-Fi access on all L.A. trains just yet, this move is still promising \u2014 it shows that there is an interest in Internet service on the trains, and that U.S. subway stations may be taking tunnel service more seriously in the near future. As for when Wi-Fi or cell service will become available on all NYC subway lines, that is still unknown. Hopefully we can look forward to this service within the next few years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Riding the subway is so boring when you can’t use your phone. Internet and cell service may soon be offered in subway tunnels in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[301,303,308,312,4025,53,331],"class_list":["post-10381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-privacy","tag-app2","tag-app3","tag-app6","tag-app8","tag-dfndr","tag-internet","tag-wi-fi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}