Free WiFi, introduced last month at the Patna train station, has no shortage of takers. Of the 23 railway stations that provide free WiFi, Patna tops the list for the maximum number of searches. The curiosity is largely in porn.
To date free Wi-Fi facility has been launched at 23 railway stations in the country. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said the government plans to introduce the service at all major 400 railway stations in the country in the next three years.
"More than any other railway station in the country, where free Wi-Fi service was launched, the Patna railway station is on the top in the country for using internet search, particularly serach for porn sites," an unnamed official of RailTel, a state-run company in charge of introducing broadband services, was quoted as saying by news agency IANS.
After Patna, Jaipur railway station is second to use internet search, followed by Bengaluru and New Delhi. Patna, which sees 200 trains passing through it everyday, is the first station in Bihar to get free WiFi. The service was commissioned by RailTel, in association with Google, for providing high-speed internet to rail commuters at these places.
According to RailTel officials, people are using free Wi-Fi for Youtube at Patna, followed by Wikipedia. “More than anything, porn sites have been watched and downloaded by the people at Patna railway station.” Some people have been using free Wi-Fi to download apps, and Bollywood and Hollywood films also. At present, RailTel is providing 1 gigabite Wi-Fi at the Patna railway station but planning to increase to 10 gigabites due to slow speed of internet in view of more use of it by the passengers as well as youths, who regularly spend hours to enjoy free internet.
Once in place, it will be the largest public Wi-Fi system in the world,” Prabhu said.
The service has been provided under ‘Railwire’, the retail broadband distribution model of Railtel. Mumbai Central was the first railway station in the country to enjoy free Wi-Fi facility. Last year, Google India and Indian Railways joined hands to introduce high-speed Wi-Fi network at 400 stations in the country.
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