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Boltbus tweaks onboard wifi, good and evil return to balance
I had the pleasure of riding Boltbus last week, taking the time to ride the MARC all of the way from Baltimore to DC just for the chance to ride the bus back to New York. In my review, I pointed out that the service was nice, clean and on time, although I had issues with the encryption of their wireless network. Indeed, as of their frontpage last week they were having issues with Macintosh users connecting to their über secure mobile network.David Hall from Boltbus got in touch last week to update me on their networking issues. He told me:
"Want to know the truth... we don't like the 26 digit key either... we run credit card transactions over that network and the encryption is meant to protect those transmissions. This weekend... we are loading new programming and eliminating the key"
Sweet! Given the increasing number of Iphone, Mac and Linux users this will make integration into the wireless network easier all around. If someone rides on Boltbus this week, let me know how things went and I'll update this post.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kinjal Apr 21st 2008 1:01PM
You mentioned Baltimore so might be knowing answer to my question.
Area this Boltbuses stops at Baltimore?
Grant Martin Apr 21st 2008 1:06PM
Boltbus doesn't stop in Baltimore, proper. You have to depart from Washington DC.
Elizabeth Apr 22nd 2008 12:27PM
We rode BoltBus from DC to NYC and back this past weekend. Wireless still didn't work for Macs, and the power outlets apparently weren't working as well - we tried 5 different ones with no luck, then gave up and napped.
Our trip to NYC was supposed to get in at 7pm - it was after 8 when we finally arrived, but there was hella traffic between DC and Baltimore. The ride home was right on time.
On the whole, we were pleased with the experience, and hope that the devil in the details will be worked out by next time.