Virgin's Wi-Fi on the Tube: How good is it?
Summary: Six London Underground stations now have free Wi-Fi access for the summer, provided by Virgin Media. ZDNet UK went down in the Tube stations at midday to find out whether the service works and what kind of speeds can you expect
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London Underground Virgin Wi-Fi speeds range between 7Mbps and 34Mbps
ZDNet UK performed Wi-Fi speed tests at each of the six stations. The best download speed was at Green Park, with a maximum of 34.4Mbps. The station also scored a touch above 10Mbps upload speed and had a ping time of just 37ms.
The worst rates were seen at King's Cross, which had a download speed of 7.6Mbps, and upload speed of 7Mbps. The other four stations returned download speeds of between 19Mbps and 33Mbps.
Credit: Ben Woods
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