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Wi-Fi connection from 4G technology on buses is already a reality in Brazil. The first city to receive the news, for now, is São Paulo. The bus company Sambaíba Transport launched the service in 2104-10 Santana Subway line – Terminal Park Don Pedro II. The TechTudo, already checked other buses with 3G wireless internet, was to test the new alternative Internet access in public transportation.

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The entire line 2104-10, consisting of eight new vehicles, has the connection and uses a wireless router VRV310-4G, provided by VEROnline. The 4G Internet was implemented in cars this past Saturday (20) and is provided by the carrier Vivo.

The downside is that this fleet does not have air conditioning, unlike bus technology 3G already circulated by the South Zone of São Paulo. On the other hand, the performance of the navigation Wi-Fi network surprised by allowing the user to watch videos on YouTube or Netflix while riding a city shuttle.

Before accessing the Internet at bus, it is necessary to agree on a contract for use of the network for passengers to make use of it with common sense and awareness. In the future, VEROnline require a registration with email, and be taking steps to safeguard against hackers who have managed to change the network name on some buses.

Currently, to connect to the web, just turn Wi-Fi on your smartphone, tablet or other mobile device and seek “SAMBAIBA_0001″ network. Then, just to login in the browser, after reading the terms of use and accept them.

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No need to have a phone that supports 4G frequency in the 2.5 GHz band.’s Bus router has a chip that already receives this signal and transmits only the connection via Wi-Fi to devices. Internet performance in our tests was exemplary: about five seconds to open a page. Videos began to roll in less than a minute.

According to VEROnline, the router supports 400 people with different IPs connected and makes the guard logs of users, working in accordance with the principles of the Brazilian Civil Marco Internet, adopted in 2014 The free internet will not mess with the price of bus tickets in town so far.