Dalla serie: "Resoconti da altri pianeti". Noi, sul pianeta Pisanu, abbiamo ben altre priorita' rispetto al Regno Unito. juan carlos Britain’s Transit Wireless Pioneers <http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2010/09/02/britains-transit-wirele...> /by Jim Baker/ This month I’m in Europe on business travel, and Britain is my first stop. One of the things you notice once you’ve stepped off the plane is the omnipresent CCTV camera — many of them wireless — a sign of the government’s commitment to public safety and, some have claimed, another step in the formation of a Big Brother state. The UK has more CCTV cameras per capita than any European country, yet concerns have been raised about their effectiveness in actually cutting crime <http://bit.ly/bSkzUQ>. Boarding the Heathrow Express train for central London, CCTV is visible on the platforms and on the trains, and managed from the impressive Heathrow Express Control Room (HECR) built by infrastructure operator Firstco <http://bit.ly/asn6a6> to provide round-the-clock monitoring for passenger safety and systems control. The Heathrow Express <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Express>, operating between London’s Paddington Station and Heathrow terminals, was opened in 1998 and carries more than 5 million passengers a year. In 2007 wireless broadband was added to the train by Nomad Digital and T-Mobile, with a Wi-Fi hotspot service available throughout the 15-minute journey, even underground in the six kilometer section of tunnel. The free Wi-Fi service provides passengers with a typical broadband speed of around 2Mbps, enabling travelers to check email and surf the Web before and after a flight. With international data roaming charges on your smartphone as high as they are, foreign visitors to the UK find the free Internet access a real bonus. Free Wi-Fi suddenly has great importance to me; I dare not use my AT&T iPhone or USB dongle in Europe, lest I spend my kids’ college fund on those roaming charges. [...] Continua qui: http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2010/09/02/britains-transit-wirele...