National Express WiFi is satellite based?
I’m on the train! Finally WiFi is free in standard class on the east coast mainline. So that’s at least one thing National Express have done right so far.
I’d always assumed that the train WiFi was supported by a 3G network, or something similar. However my outbound IP address is 217.28.34.132 which a whois indicates belongs to
inetnum: 217.28.32.0 - 217.28.35.15
netname: NSAB-NET
descr: NSAB backbone and address-pools for VPN Services
##########################
In case of improper use, please contact:
<abuse@nsab.se>
##########################
nsab.se redirects to SES SIRIUS AB which is a satellite broadband provider. Well there you go.
Now if only the train was on time…
P.S. Google comes up in Swedish 
Posted in Transport
November 19th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
If I recall correctly, the wireless internet provided on NXEC trains is a hybrid of GPRS, station wifi & satellite. When one drops off, magic happens and the connection is (in theory) handed over to another medium. They may have changed it since I last checked, but that’s how I remember it working (according to their On Our Trains page).
… And yes, I’m posting this from their wifi. I decided to search for nsab.se and your link was #1. I was bored.