Amtrak internet connection, part 2

A week after recycling the power on Amtrak's wireless router in the D.C. Club Acela, I again was traveling and offline most of the day, before arriving a little early at the Amtrak station to send and receive email. This time 8 1/2 x 11 pieces of paper with the note "Sorry Internet Access is Down" were taped to the monitors in the computer room.

Just for kicks, I took out my own ethernet cable (I've learned to travel with my own) and plugged it into a wall jack (not the same one the router was plugged into). It worked.

I don'’t know what was wrong with the router or the other PCs. I had a train to board.

Amtrak, your welcome

I travel to Washington D.C. at least once a week for work, sometimes more. I use Amtrak so much, I have a card that gets me into Club Acela, the super secret club of the Amtrak elite. The D.C. Club Acela has free wireless access...most of the time. Yesterday, I was traveling "offline" most of the day and had a few minutes to download email before I boarded the train, but I couldn't connect. I asked someone at the counter, who said it was "out." So I went into the little computer room, unplugged the wireless router, waited 30 seconds, and plugged it back in. Everything is good now. I like when solutions are simple.

Sidenote: I travel to NYC less frequently, but stopped into the NYC Club Acela a few weeks ago to download email, but the NYC doesn't have free wireless.