Without fanfare SoundTransit has extended the wireless Internet pilot project to some Tacoma trains. There has been no official announcement of WiFi availability on Tacoma Sounder trains. The SoundTransit WiFi project page only lists the Seattle-Everett line.
WiFi hunting Sounder riders should sit in the first car and look for wireless networks named “Sounder_” followed by a number. My car was Sounder_109 but I saw one other Sounder WiFi network before leaving Freighthouse Square. The speed was a respectable 700 kbps down and 100 kbps up. It was fast enough to publish a blog post.
I wonder if Casey Halverson is still running the SeattleWireless TacomaSounder Node?
(Sounder image courtesy Troy Mason)
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We are not, I work in Tacoma now!
Unfortunately there was no wifi on the Northbound 6:20am Train out of Tacoma this morning (I’m usually in car 212 on train 1504), but I did sniff “Sounder_109″ and “Sounder_304″ as we went by the layover yard.
I usually take the 6:48 train out of Tacoma and sit in the 3rd car. I have never picked up any wi-fi.
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