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TItheitnerd.bsky.social

News filtered out at the end of last week that the TTC is going to kill off their free WiFi service in the subway system at the end of the year. Here's the reason why: The TConnect system was launched more than a decade ago and the transit agency says concerns over the... https://wp.me/pcmht-uki

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Jjuniperd.bsky.social

"When comparing subway trips to total logins, we know TConnect is only being used on 2% of trips," Green said in an email...The Wi-Fi infrastructure at subway stations has reached its end of life and usage has dropped dramatically since we started rolling out 5G in the subway system." #ToPoli

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Oogthedim.bsky.social

"Reached its end of life"!?!?! Rogers & Bell making TConnect into Solyent green or something? Its a freaking simple wifi connection that has always...always worked well on the Yonge line between Finch & Eglinton. But, hey...gotta sell those data plans.

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PNphavnosnibor.bsky.social

"But TConnect is a TTC responsibility!", they'd cry. "We couldn't possibly just pay for something that an agency we're partnered with on a similar project is having trouble funding. How would be drum up subscribers then?" Instead, they tell us how much they've altruistically spent on sports teams.

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Ag026r.leftblank.org

I'm not surprised. I might even say I'm disappointed. Except half the time it takes so long to connect to the TConnect WiFi, that the train has arrived at then left the station & you are now out of range.

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Mswirlyball.bsky.social

Looking at some of the comments for plans by the council tconnect trails down to the Mornington Peninsula into the Melb network and just flabbergasted at how entitled some locals are. You can imagine their views on housing if they don’t even want people to ride a bike safely in their neighbourhood.

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Amisgenders.bsky.social

I could live an entire lifetime waiting for the tconnect wifi landing page to load. and I have

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