How to connect to wifi on the mosgortrans bus. How to make a Wi-Fi network in public transport
Free Wi-Fi has appeared on Moscow buses since Monday, although so far only in test mode and only on four routes of the State Unitary Enterprise “Mosgortrans”. Passengers who have already got used to the free wireless internet in the metro and at public transport stops, we were able to evaluate the innovation together with the RIAMO correspondent.
Do you have wi-fi?
On February 1, 2016, the first buses with free Internet access entered the streets of the capital. The wireless network is available for passengers of semi-express trains No. 902, which runs from Kievskiy railway station to the south-west of Moscow, No. 904, which runs from Belorussky railway station to Mitin, as well as on the night bus No. H1, which runs to Sheremetyevo airport, and route No. 1002, operating in New Moscow.
In the first bus on route 904, an Internet access point was found, but understand that vehicle really equipped with free Wi-Fi, not so easy. There are only three stickers with information about the possibility of connecting to the free Internet in the cabin, which does not "catch the eye" of the passenger. At the same time, each of them has a technical support phone number that any passenger can call if there are problems with connection.
"I was lucky that I saw a sticker with information about free connection to Wi-Fi, because I sat next to this sticker ”, - said one of the passengers.
Simple but slow
The procedure for connecting to the Internet operates on the bus according to the same principle as in the Moscow metro. When connecting for the first time, you must leave your phone number, to which a confirmation code is received within 1-2 minutes, it must be entered in an empty field that appears in the browser window after sending an SMS to the number.
The authorization turned out to be simple and fast, which cannot be said about the speed of the Internet. According to the Yandex Internetmeter service, the incoming connection speed did not exceed 0.95 megabits per second, and the outgoing speed did not exceed 0.88 megabits per second. At the same time, according to the version of the SpeedTest Internet application, the incoming speed reached only 0.59 megabits per second, while the outgoing speed was 1.07 megabits per second.
Meanwhile, according to the press service of "Mosgortrans", the connection speed reaches 10 megabits per second. In general, there are no problems when viewing social networks and news on the Internet, but to watch a video, you will have to be patient and wait until it is downloaded.
Useful service
Of the ten passengers on route 904 surveyed, only three knew about the availability of free Wi-Fi on the bus. However, opinions about the new feature vary.
"To be honest, I found out that free Wi-Fi appeared on my route, not by accident, but only after purposefully searching the Internet for information about the implementation of such a project on Moscow buses," said Maxim, a Moscow student.
According to him, this service is very relevant for him. “Often on the way to college you need to prepare for a couple, in this case the Internet is irreplaceable. It's great when, to solve such goals, there is the possibility of connecting to free wifi, because the network is not caught everywhere, and it costs money. Faster would be to connect all of Moscow's transport to such a service ", - says the young man.
As noted by another passenger Marina, wireless Internet access, in her opinion, will be in demand only on "long" routes.
“It seems to me that it’s great that people have more and more opportunities to be sociable anywhere in the city. I actively use social networks, so the ability to watch updates in them in any type of transport seriously makes life easier, "the girl shared.
Passengers "disappeared"
Photo: RIAMO, Tatiana Korobeinik
However, not all passengers share the joy of Internet penetration into all areas of life. According to the observation of one of the passengers, the number of people reading in transport has decreased significantly recently.
"Just look how few people are sitting with books today in public transport... I don't see anything useful on the free internet on the bus, it will further alienate young people from books. Yes, and simple human communication will not replace anything, and young people today, and middle-aged people too, simply disappeared into their mobile devices", - the agency interlocutor complained.
Mosgortrans plans to test free Wi-Fi in buses until April 2016. After passengers try the innovation, a decision will be made on the further introduction of free Wi-Fi on the rolling stock.
Anton Shamarin
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Passengers of the metro and surface public transport will be able to use the uniform high-speed free Internet from October 11. The seamless zone extends to the Moscow Metro, and also works in all buses, trams and trolleybuses. Thus, the capital has created Europe's largest seamless Wi-Fi space in public transport.
“Access to the network for passengers is provided throughout the entire journey, regardless of the number of changes between the metro and surface transport. The formation of such a single space is an example of fruitful cooperation between business and the city, which is aimed at creating comfortable public transport in Moscow, ”said Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Moscow Mayor, Head of the Moscow Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development.
How to connect
To connect to free Wi-Fi both in the metro and in ground transport, you must pass identification. You need to confirm the number mobile phone or log in through the government services portal. At the same time, users who have already passed identification in the Wi-Fi network will not have to do it again.
Every day, up to three million connections are made to Wi-Fi in the Moscow metro, and 70 terabytes of traffic per day are transmitted through the network itself. Each train is connected to the network at speeds up to 100 megabits per second - there is no such service in any city in the world. Internet access points are in each carriage. Thus, more than five thousand cars were equipped. In metro tunnels installed 900 base stations and laid 880 kilometers of fiber-optic cable.
Where does it work
More than one million unique users already use free Wi-Fi in the capital's surface urban passenger transport. Since the launch of the project, access to the network has been provided in 7250 buses, trolleybuses and trams of the State Unitary Enterprise "Mosgortrans". Until the end of the year, the Internet will work in all rolling stock of the city.
You can also connect to Wi-Fi in Moscow at 450 ground transport stops. They are located near metro stations, bus stations, railway platforms and other facilities popular with Muscovites.
The free wireless network in the Moscow metro was recognized by the International Association of Wireless Operators Wireless Broadband Alliance as the world's best implementation of Wi-Fi technology in urban space in 2015.
Net for Bus is installing Wi-Fi in city buses and by the end of the year plans to launch the Internet on all routes connecting St. Petersburg and Gatchina. The founder of the project Evgeny Korznikov told "Paper", how he sold the Internet on the train, how much does it cost to equip a bus with Wi-Fi, and why it is difficult for the team to find an investor.
Evgeny Korznikov
CEO Net for Bus
Why Bus Wi-Fi Started With Train
The idea came to me on May 12, I was traveling by train from Perm to St. Petersburg. My phone sat down, but I had a tablet and a router with a USB flash drive with me. Since there was a power outlet in the car, I connected a router there. Only an hour had passed since we left, and the neighbor across the street asked if it was possible to connect to the Internet, I say: connect. Then a neighbor across the aisle also asks: "Can I connect?", Well, I say without thinking twice: "100 rubles." He: "Yes, no problem." And he gives me money. Then I went to the conductor, took a piece of paper, wrote that I was distributing the Internet to Peter for 100 rubles.
I came here and started thinking about how to implement such a project. I talked with router manufacturers, began to study what a startup is. Then I registered the company Net for Bus: for this I came to the Ingria business incubator, told about the idea, and two days later I was told that I was going through and could become a resident.
How the Net for Bus project works
I wrote a letter to the Transport Committee, Poltavchenko. The Transport Committee is interested in the implementation of this project, so it helps us, for example, with contacts. Now we are working on finding an investor, but at the moment there is no one that would offer normal conditions. We need to figure out how we will monetize this project, because it costs about 20 thousand rubles to equip one bus.
Now we have several directions. First: installing Wi-Fi points in offices and shops, we are laying a 4G channel. Second: we work with one a large network, which has about 65 stores in the Northwest. After the New Year, we will also install equipment with Wi-Fi points for them. Well, the main thing is buses. This includes the installation of Wi-Fi points, a video surveillance system, a passenger traffic system that automatically counts passengers entering and leaving and transmits this information to the operator in the park. Now we have launched it on one of the bus routes Gatchina - Petersburg. While we have installed Wi-Fi on one bus, we are launching nine more by the end of the week, and by the New Year we will try to equip all buses - there are about 55 of them.
We focus on passenger carriers of urban transport, as well as tourist, which runs on intercity and international routes. After the New Year, we are starting to work in Finland: we want to equip about 40 buses, but there access to Wi-Fi will become paid.
Companies, of course, do not really want to contact a startup, but the services we provide are in demand by passenger carriers. We were introduced to the first carrier with whom we began to cooperate, and the second one found out about us and has already applied himself.
About ten tram routes with Wi-Fi have been launched around the city, but these are more image projects. There is equipment that works on 3G, but we work at a higher speed. We have industrial routers, their speed is from 40 to 70 megabits. Passengers have a standard speed of 512 kilobits per second with a 1–2 megabit subscription.
There are abnormal situations with the equipment, but we usually configure it remotely. To do this, you do not need a router: we can remotely connect to it, reboot, see that the requirements are met everywhere.
Almost every day I go on a route where a Wi-Fi hotspot is installed, mostly people have positive feedback, because it takes a whole hour to go.
Until the end of the year, seamless Wi-Fi access to the World Wide Web will work in all buses, trams and trolleybuses of the city.
Passengers of the metro and surface public transport will be able to use the uniform high-speed free Internet from October 11. The seamless zone extends to the Moscow Metro, and also works in all buses, trams and trolleybuses. Thus, the capital has created Europe's largest seamless Wi-Fi space in public transport.
“Access to the network for passengers is provided throughout the entire journey, regardless of the number of changes between the metro and surface transport. The formation of such a single space is an example of fruitful cooperation between business and the city, which is aimed at creating comfortable public transport in Moscow, ”said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow, the head.
How to connect
To connect to free Wi-Fi both in the metro and in ground transport, you must pass identification. You need to confirm your mobile phone number or log in through the government services portal. At the same time, users who have already passed identification in the Wi-Fi network will not have to do it again.
Every day, up to three million connections are made to Wi-Fi in the Moscow metro, and 70 terabytes of traffic per day are transmitted through the network itself. Each train is connected to the network at speeds up to 100 megabits per second - there is no such service in any city in the world. Internet access points are in each carriage. Thus, more than five thousand cars were equipped. 900 base stations have been installed in the metro tunnels and 880 kilometers of fiber-optic cable have been laid.
Where does it work
More than one million unique users already use free Wi-Fi in the capital's surface urban passenger transport. Since the launch of the project, access to the network has been provided in 7250 buses, trolleybuses and trams of the State Unitary Enterprise "Mosgortrans". Until the end of the year, the Internet will work in all rolling stock of the city.
You can also connect to Wi-Fi in Moscow at 450 ground transport stops. They are located near metro stations, bus stations, railway platforms and other facilities popular with Muscovites.
The free wireless network in the Moscow metro was recognized by the International Association of Wireless Operators Wireless Broadband Alliance as the world's best implementation of Wi-Fi technology in urban space in 2015.
Svetlogorsk city buses now have the opportunity to use the Wi-Fi network for free to connect to the global web.
Wi-Fi equipment is installed on more than 60% of buses involved in urban passenger transportation. So the opportunity to ride on a bus that distributes free internet is quite high. So far, the buses outwardly do not give out their technological filling in any way, but soon stickers should appear on them informing about the presence of Wi-Fi in each specific bus.
I took a ride on several city buses to test and understand how the innovation works. I will outline my experience of using step by step, so that it is more clear what to do and in what sequence. Testing was carried out on an iPhone. Perhaps on Android devices some windows or steps will be slightly different from those presented in the article, but I think you will succeed!
How to connect to Wi-Fi on the bus (instructions with photos)
Step 1.If your smartphone is enabled automatic notification about the possibility of connecting to a new Wi-Fi networks, then the phone itself will prompt you to connect. If no such notification is received, then you can go to wi-Fi settings and manually connect to the desired network. In all buses, the network we need is called the same - GomelAvto Free Wi-Fi.
You can connect to this network without a password. Therefore, if everything is done correctly, you will be redirected to the welcome page from JSC "Gomeloblavtotrans".
Step 2. On the welcome page, we are asked to enter a mobile phone number to receive an access code. This procedure is completely free.
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After entering the phone number, press the "Get code" button and in a few seconds you will receive a message from Velcom with a 4-digit code.
Step 3. A new window will open prompting you to enter the received code. There shouldn't be any difficulties here. Enter the code and click the "Login" button. If for some reason it was not possible to obtain the code (for example, the phone number was entered incorrectly), press the button "Back to receiving the code" and repeat Step 2.
If this step is completed correctly, you will again see the familiar picture with the greeting from Gomeloblavtotrans OJSC.
Step 4. At the top of the window, click the "Finish" button. At this moment, we see that the phone is disconnected from mobile transmission data (in my case, it's 3G) and switches to a Wi-Fi connection. The first site that you will see after connecting to Wi-Fi will be the official site of Gomeloblavtotrans OJSC. (Apparently this way the traffic and rating of this site increases)))
Step 5... ALL! You are connected to the global Internet. If you have not been online for a long time, then you will start receiving messages from all instant messengers, notifications of likes on Instagram and other amenities. But to surf the web pages, you need to minimize the connection window and go to the browser, because, alas, you will not be able to enter your favorite site through the connection window.
In a browser or other applications, you can freely and habitually browse Internet pages, communicate in in social networks and messengers. Also, at the time of testing, I was free to watch videos on YouTube. Of course, I was the only one in the salon who knew about the presence free internet on the bus, and therefore the entire access speed (1 Mb / s per bus) was mine. If you divide the connection speed between at least 10 passengers, then you will hardly be able to enjoy high speeds.
Negative moment
The only one negative moment the fact that the equipment distributing Wi-Fi can turn on for a long time after turning on the ignition or starting the bus (up to 10 minutes).
How it looks in practice: the bus starts up after a sludge at the final stop, at this time the equipment turns on. The bus can travel several stops or even half of the route (they are small in our city) before Wi-Fi is fully operational. But, I think, the drivers themselves are interested so that everything works always and without interruption). Practice will show.
Instead of a conclusion
The technology and connection method seemed to us quite convenient. I was also pleased with the fact that when switching from one bus to another, you can reconnect without unnecessary gestures - Wi-Fi is picked up automatically as a familiar network (if, of course, the corresponding setting is activated).
The speed at this stage is quite enough to comfortably communicate in social media. networks to all passengers of the bus (but this is if you do not watch the video). The connection signal is strong and stable.
Anyway modern technologies they are slowly getting to our city, making the life of Svetlogorsk residents a little more pleasant and convenient.
Testil: Grigory Polessky.