{"id":1205,"date":"2012-07-05T12:50:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T11:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2012-07-05T12:50:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T11:50:03","slug":"2nd-largest-london-uk-taxi-service-and-alton-towers-deploy-free-wifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/2nd-largest-london-uk-taxi-service-and-alton-towers-deploy-free-wifi.html","title":{"rendered":"2nd Largest London UK Taxi Service and Alton Towers Deploy FREE WiFi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greentomatocars.com\" target=\"_blank\">Greentomatocars<\/a> has allegedly become the first <strong>minicab firm<\/strong> in Europe to deploy a <strong>free wireless internet<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">wifi<\/a>) service across its entire fleet of <strong>300 energy efficient hybrid taxis<\/strong> in London (England). Separately the <strong>Alton Towers Resort<\/strong>, which is one of the UK&#8217;s biggest theme parks, has deployed a similar service.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The in-car solution is understood to be supplied by a more familiar Mobile Broadband (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\">3G<\/a>) connection, which is then distributed over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">wifi<\/a> using specialist kit provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wirelesslogic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wireless Logic<\/a>. Commuters using the service simply need to select the Greentomatocars access point from their list of local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">wifi<\/a> networks and use the following password: <strong><em>ilovefreewifi<\/em><\/strong> .<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Jonny Goldstone, Founder of Greentomatocars, added:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Our timing couldn\u2019t be better. Summer 2012 is well and truly upon us so for all of those people who happen to find themselves travelling around London when the action is on, they\u2019ll never miss a moment of sport or a medal ceremony in the back of one of our cars<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Separately the famous 500-acre large <strong>Alton Towers Resort<\/strong> in Staffordshire has signed a new deal with The Cloud (BSkyB) that will allow it to launch a similarly FREE WiFi service, although we wouldn&#8217;t recommend using it while on one of their rollercoaster rides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greentomatocars has allegedly become the first minicab firm in Europe to deploy a free wireless internet (wifi) service across its entire fleet of 300 energy efficient hybrid taxis in London (England). 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