Quite a while ago, we reported that Google is planning an ambitious project to bring free WiFi to over 400 train stations across India. Today, Mumbai Central — a very busy railway station that sees 100’000 people a day — receives its free public WiFi. It’s fast and up to speed with the developed world, enabling you to even watch HD videos and movies. Take note, though, that bandwidth will be throttled after an hour, so don’t go on and abuse it.
This is a milestone — for both India and Google — and Mumbai Central is the first of the 100 stations receiving this service in this year. The service will be completely free for a while, and will be monetised later to sustain the expansions with some free option always available. To compare as an example, many countries have free WiFi in their train stations and airports that is free for the first hour, so it won’t be a surprise if this model is eventually adopted.
Either way, Google is off to a great start.
Source: Google
