wifi or not to wifi
is there anywhere
as starkly cold
as a subway station
in the early morning
i think not
people come to wait
insulated
introverted
many
spend the few minute wait
eye glued
to their mobile phones
no matter
if
you are a crackberry
or
iphone user
checking email
oogling instagram
or
even
playing a game
while waiting
the other morning
as i walked down the stairs
into the subway
a new sign
caught my eye
WiFi
it proclaimed
this station
has wifi
to reaffirm this
there are signs
taped to the pillars
proclaiming
wifi
indeed there is
boingo is providing wifi service on the 79th street subway platform
if you are unfamiliar with boingo
i can tell you
it costs $7something a month
if
you can find a boingo hot spot
i signed up for a free month's trial of boingo a year or so ago
to use while travelling
however
i quickly discovered
that even if i was in a boingo hot spot
chances are
it didnt work
before the month was up
i decided not to go for a contract
i now have an iphone 5 with 4g lte connectivity
i dont need to have wifi
in order to get online
to check email or instagram
or even pop onto the web
for some on the spot fact find
on the street
in a cab
or
bus
my subway commute
takes me a quick 10 minutes
that includes
the wait time on the platform
i cant imagine
why anyone waiting for a subway train would need wifi
even the worst case scenario of waiting 12 minutes
- just this morning
as i hopped into the subway car
i looked at the 'clock'
which advises how long til the next train arrives
and saw it was 12 minutes -
i cant imagine
needing to connect
via wifi
especially boingo's not so reliable hot spot connectivity
so
answer me this
if you worked in nyc, rode the subway would you need to access wifi while you waited?
yes?
what would you be doing?
