On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:08:26 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:33:58AM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> 
> >The various bus options will be significantly cheaper but also take 
> >longer due to traffic, and much more spartan / less comfortable. 
> >MegaBus and BoltBus both have free wifi, and BoltBus also has power 
> >outlets.
> 
> I travelled with a WiFi+power bus from Boston to NY last spring, and it 
> was so unreliable that it was useless: It worked less than a minute, 
> then we had to complain to the bus driver, who rebooted the WiFi router, 
> and then it worked for a minute more...  After 10 rounds of complaints 
> we gave up.
I've done multiple trips in the last few months, both directions and not
experience something as bad as you did. There almost always is a few
dead-spots along the route (it is cellular data), but nothing I couldn't
handle. Maybe someone on your bus was running torrents while streaming
hulu and ruining it for everyone.

micah

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