On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:08:26 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:33:58AM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > >The various bus options will be significantly cheaper but also take > >longer due to traffic, and much more spartan / less comfortable. > >MegaBus and BoltBus both have free wifi, and BoltBus also has power > >outlets. > > I travelled with a WiFi+power bus from Boston to NY last spring, and it > was so unreliable that it was useless: It worked less than a minute, > then we had to complain to the bus driver, who rebooted the WiFi router, > and then it worked for a minute more... After 10 rounds of complaints > we gave up. I've done multiple trips in the last few months, both directions and not experience something as bad as you did. There almost always is a few dead-spots along the route (it is cellular data), but nothing I couldn't handle. Maybe someone on your bus was running torrents while streaming hulu and ruining it for everyone. micah
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