Google's contract ends with RailTel for Free WiFi at Rail Stations

[Rajat Basak]

400 stations done, Google to end its free WiFi journey

The free Wi-Fi program was launched in India back in 2015, and has since been expanded to hundreds of railway stations and thousands of other locations in the country. It was launched in collaboration with RailTel, and was branded as powered by Google RailWire.

Google says that getting online has become much simpler and cheaper compared to five years ago and that mobile data plans have become more affordable and mobile connectivity is improving globally and mobile data per GB is the most affordable in India..

But RailTel will continue to provide service in India which means the Wi-Fi service itself isn't likely to shutdown..

 

[meetdilip]

It is their spying program. Maybe they collected enough data.

 

[Bapun]

By the way this tweet has also countered a fake news by a reputed news organization!

Good thing is, nothing much will change and RailTel will continue to provide free WiFi as now.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1229434102933151744

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[Baba Yaga]

But RailTel will continue to provide service in India which means the Wi-Fi service itself isn't likely to shutdown..

True...But there could be lot of restrictions and also may be the speed will also be reduced

 

[Rajat Basak]

True...But there could be lot of restrictions and also may be the speed will also be reduced

It's limited to 30 minutes and 350mb right?
I found it from here but 2 year old info..

‘Free Internet’: How to access free Wi-Fi at railway stations? Check step-by-step guide

 

[meetdilip]

I saw on another thread that Google is ending the partnership, RailTel will still provide WiFi.

 

[meetdilip]

They say WiFi, nothing about Free WiFi. You might need to pay. There is another Tweet on the same by RailTel.

 

[Abhinav]

They say WiFi, nothing about Free WiFi. You might need to pay. There is another Tweet on the same by RailTel.

No, if you read the full statement they have said to continue providing Free WiFi at all 5600+ stations.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1229448324878499840

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