Apparently Amtrak is doing some work on a bridge between NYC and Boston, so it's my first time on the Bolt Bus. $17 one way (take that Accela!) Free WiFi. AC in every seat. Pretty nice.
Was googling to see what the uplink on the WiFi is (must be some brand of 3g cellular) and while I couldn't find that I did see that Bolt Bus is owned by Greyhound. Wow. I would have thought Greyhound would be one of those monolithic dinosaur operations that could never change course and would rather go out of business than risk competing against itself with an innovative new product. I guess not - who's in charge over there? Did I mention this ticket costs $17? I'll bet Amtrak would charge more than $17 just for WiFi on this route. If they had WiFi.
Plus, we boarded on the corner of 34th and 8th - just an impromptu queue on the sidewalk and then the bus pulled up and we got on - which in my opinion is at least 1000 times better than setting foot in Port Authority.
i love trains though
and what % of grayhounds say 40$ to boston is rent in port authority
chinatown bus cheep tickets $15 wifi
You mean the one where someone died last week in a crash? (and not their first passenger death!) Thanks Bill. I think I'll spend the extra $2.
what? you dont feel lucky?
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- jim 6-24-2008 4:13 pm
Was googling to see what the uplink on the WiFi is (must be some brand of 3g cellular) and while I couldn't find that I did see that Bolt Bus is owned by Greyhound. Wow. I would have thought Greyhound would be one of those monolithic dinosaur operations that could never change course and would rather go out of business than risk competing against itself with an innovative new product. I guess not - who's in charge over there? Did I mention this ticket costs $17? I'll bet Amtrak would charge more than $17 just for WiFi on this route. If they had WiFi.
Plus, we boarded on the corner of 34th and 8th - just an impromptu queue on the sidewalk and then the bus pulled up and we got on - which in my opinion is at least 1000 times better than setting foot in Port Authority.
- jim 6-24-2008 6:32 pm
i love trains though
- Skinny 6-25-2008 7:39 pm
and what % of grayhounds say 40$ to boston is rent in port authority
- Skinny 6-25-2008 7:39 pm
chinatown bus cheep tickets $15 wifi
- bill 6-25-2008 9:44 pm
You mean the one where someone died last week in a crash? (and not their first passenger death!) Thanks Bill. I think I'll spend the extra $2.
- jim 6-25-2008 10:13 pm
what? you dont feel lucky?
- bill 6-25-2008 10:14 pm