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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

GWR train fitted with F1 tech for two-month superfast wifi trial

Download speeds on a test run reached more than 120 megabytes a second, faster than many homes.
Download speeds on a test run reached more than 120 megabytes a second, faster than many homes. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Train wifi in the UK, long a source of frustration for passengers, is about to get radically faster – for a lucky few at least.

A two-month trial has begun on one Great Western Railway (GWR) train, fitted with technology from Formula One that switches between the signals from 5G masts to low Earth-orbit satellites to provide almost seamless, superfast wifi.

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