Recent content by magpie

Why would it be problematic to fit an 'EC-sized' dish to a 170? Please expand.

Hi everyone. I made contact with a transport planning gentleman (trains, planes and automobiles) this morning after posting on the scot-rail forum who commutes daily on the EDI QST service. He's my second case study and that marks 100% of respondents in favour of WiFi on ScotRail. However...

Like I said, I've got loads of quotes throughout the piece from numerous different people and bodies. I probably only need one case study but am getting two for completeness. The rest of it (1,300 words) is all written, so I'm (forgive the pun) right on track. Up to the biz ed when he runs it...

It's a bit like when someone gets arrested for shoplifting, them saying to the police: 'shouldn't you be out catching rapists and murderers?' I pitched the story to the business editor (I'm primarily a business reporter - famine and tectonic movement are not really my beat) and he liked it...

I agree. It's not my wish particularly - I don't use the service that often and I can write without WiFi no problems at all. SR should have been asked to do this either in 2004, or in 2008 at the 3yr extension. I do specifically make the point that SR is not a charity and the story is not...

I asked TS and SR for the report - they declined to give it to me or the paper and said that I could get a redacted one on FoI... Assuming I get the 2nd case study (which will add to the other business-related quotes in the main body of the piece) it might be in the paper on Sunday. No real...

Ah yes, the quote I have from Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce makes that point (getting people onto trains). Some people don't like journalists - I'm used to it - but I thank you for your support. This thread is quite lively but not, sadly, offering me the information I seek. I guess I'll...

They have. The paucity of the obligations is part of the story, plus that which I have already mentioned, and lots of other stuff (lengthy story which I've neither the time nor the inclination to reproduce here) that you'll just have to keep an eye out for. That is your privilege. We'll agree...

Ah, Glen. Come to save me from the Luddites... Do you think you could help me with my enquiry? Arguing the toss is not really why I came here tonight...

The bit 'at any one time' seems to have thrown you. I was kind of trying to make the distinction between SR and, say, southeastern with it's 3,000 services in and out of London and hundreds of sets, and a 40-mile track with a maximum of six sets on it at, for the third occasion, any one time...

That's not what I said. Thanks for your input though. Very helpful.

It is a big issue given the stature of the two cities and their complete domination of the Scottish economy. The 3G speeds are terrible and there's two drop out points, not including three tunnels. Dongles work (I have one) but are slow and, as mentioned, drop out a lot. Being as objective as...

Hello everyone, I'm a journalist doing a story about WiFi (or the lack of therein) on ScotRail's trains for a national Sunday newspaper in Scotland, specifically, on the Edinburgh to Glasgow 'flagship' route. The story is written but I need a couple of case studies (I have one, so need just...