No WiFi On Metra Anytime Soon
Metra Says It's Too Expensive
If you want to send e-mails, connect with the office, or just surf the Web while riding a Metra train, you'd better have your own Internet hookup.
Other cities both big and small have set up wi-fi access on their trains. But Metra says it would be too expensive.
Metra says commuters who want wireless internet access should buy the service through their cell phone providers, although this can cost $20 to $60 per month extra and service is less than reliable on trains, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Monsters & Money in the Morning, co-host Dan Jiggetts says Metra should be looking for a sponsor for wi-fi. Of Metra's complaints about wi-fi being too expensive, co-host Mike Hegedus said, "You have just got to be kidding me."
Metra still punches train tickets by hand and only recently started accepting credit cards, the Tribune pointed out.
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