Nearly half of all London Underground stations are now able to connect to Virgin Media’s Wi-Fi service, as it has just been rolled out to another ten stations.
According to cable.co.uk, 131 stations are now part of the scheme, but Virgin Media is working to eventually extend the service to all 275 London Underground stations. Some of the stations included in the latest rollout are: West Hampstead, Finchley Road, Upton Park and White City.
Virgin Media hopes that by the end of spring a further ten stations will be added to its Wi-Fi scheme, which means half of all stations will be covered by the service.
Last month, the firm revealed that on New Year’s Eve, 80,000 people sent around 600,000 Facebook messages, tweets and emails through the service. Since around three million passengers travel on the service each day, it’s unsurprising the Wi-Fi network is proving to be so popular.
Of course, for most people, the service is free too, but only if they’re a customer of either EE, Vodafone, O2 or Virgin Media. For tourists and those who aren’t customers of any of those companies, it is £2 a day to access the service. Alternatively, a weekly pass costs £5 and a monthly pass sets them back £15, reports pocket-lint.com.
