I hate this idea. It will inevitably lead to people being able to use mobile phones underground. Imagine how delightful it will be when you'll not only be wedged under someone's stinking armpit but you'll have to listen to their inane conversation too. And they will be shouting over the noise of the train. It's no longer possible to have a peaceful bus journey, this will just add to the long list of reasons not to use the underground.

If your not with Virgin you will have to pay for a package from your provider once Virgin get around to doing deals with them. It is limitted to travel info aftre the Olympics.

Means the staff on the platforms will have better info

Only works at platforms, not in tunnels. So you'll only have wifi access for the couple of minutes whilst waiting for a train. I hooked up to this whilst waiting for a train at Kings Cross a couple of weeks back, and it was good to get a quick email update but that's about it. Not really enough time to start skyping. 

What @actionverb said. I tried this at Warren St and the train came (it doesn't really work inside the train that well) so in total I had about a minute online. In this time, I managed to log on to the internet and that's it. 

Try it between Canada Water and North Greewich and I think it might work in the tunnel, probably does between Leicester Sq and Convent Garden , I also suspect it is  leaky out onto the street

Nice to be able to check the service status page while waiting for a train if you catch the tail end of an announcement about severe delays and didn't catch which line its on.

And doing that will remain free, even after the Olympics.

roy

"talking to people on the underground" eurgh. My sister-in-law does that when she comes to London all the time. I prefer to enter my own bubble of existence as i enter any public transport, stand there with my own thoughts, uninterrupted by others. Interaction with strangers gets in the way of listening to my own thoughts.