[nfbmi-talk] Upgrade to Michigan Amtrak Service

[joe harcz Comcast]

Thanks Terry. I was going to post this and it is blindness related. Now we 
can access smart phones etc. (if we have them) while we the blind leave the 
state in the out migration that is being forced upon so many of us as our 
prospects are so dim here.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>
To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "'NFB of Michigan Vendors List'" <vendorsmi at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:14 PM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Upgrade to Michigan Amtrak Service


>
> Amtrak passengers in Michigan get free Wi-Fi access
> The Associated Press LANSING, Mich.   (AP)
>
> Amtrak is including free Wi-Fi for train passengers traveling through
> Michigan and three other Midwest states. MLive.com reports
> (http://bit.ly/1bOoLG4 ) that the rail service made the announcement 
> Monday
> and that the Michigan Department of Transportation has spent about $1
> million to install Wi-Fi on the trains. State Transportation officials
> anticipate that the free Internet connection will translate into more
> revenue through increased passenger train ridership. Amtrak has three 
> routes
> in Michigan. The rail service says Wi-Fi also is now available on routes 
> in
> Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. MLive.com says about 85 percent of 
> Amtrak
> passengers in the United States now have Wi-Fi access.
>
>
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