Comments on Andrew R H Girdwood: Google's problems with wi-fi hotspots in the UK

I'm on a national express train from Edinburgh to ...

2008-07-20T12:33:00.000+01:00

I'm on a national express train from Edinburgh to London Kings Cross right now, and I can confirm that Google and also Facebook start displaying their text in Swedish - the wifi is free, (though it bugs you for an email address when you first connect, in order that National Express can spam you)

I'm glad I found your post because my first thought was that someone from Sweden had hacked into all my accounts!

Having to switch back and forth would get really o...

2008-02-08T07:09:00.000Z

Having to switch back and forth would get really old very quick. I have never done this in Europe but I do fly alot and notice the big differences in locations here in the type of results I get. I couldn't imagine if it switch languages.

I hope you guys get the bugs worked out. Hey I would settle for bugged system for the US transit systems.

Do you have to pay for the wi-fi service?

Isn't the National Express wifi free because no sa...

2008-02-07T23:07:00.000Z

Isn't the National Express wifi free because no sane person would pay for it? Whenever I'm on the East Coast train I end up using the 3G connection on my phone. But I suppose iPhone users don't have the luxury of a 3G link, do they?

i think if you log in through iGoogle that it redi...

2008-02-07T14:54:00.000Z

i think if you log in through iGoogle that it redirects you to your local countries engine.

This certainly fixed the browsing for me on my touch whilst on the train.....