Travelling in comfort on Via

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For the last couple of days I've been travelling on Via Rail, Canada's national passenger carrier.  It's a pretty comfortable way to travel.  I've been sitting here listening to music on my Nokia N81, while cranking out emails and blog postings, writing product requirements documents, and even staying in touch with folks on Facebook.   Via has done a phenomenal job of making business travel by train a good experience by making filtered power available at every seat, and WiFi available in every car.

The WiFi is adequate, but not great.  Speeds and latency are certainly an issue, as this snap from the internet SpeedTest shows.

In practical terms, there's a noticeable lag when loading a site, and the VPN back to the office is only useable for short periods of time.  Impaired, but definitely useful!

Now if only they could do something about the tables… 

Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.

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