Blender Fox

TFL's French WiFi

7 February 2017 #

So, Transport for London appears to be routing WiFi traffic out to *France* on some underground stations.

I was passing through Marble Arch the other day and Swarm was picking me up as about 8K from L'Arc de Triomphe in France

and Bond Street showed me as in the neighbourhood of Sevres (11K from L'Arc de Triomphe)

Since I was underground, the only method of geolocation was the WiFi endpoint, meaning the traffic was going through to France. But *why* ?

After switching 37,000 PCs to Ubuntu, French Armed Forces says open source cuts costs 40 percent | Apps and Software | Geek.com

4 October 2013 #

After switching 37,000 PCs to Ubuntu, French Armed Forces says open source cuts costs 40 percent | Apps and Software | Geek.com.

After switching 37,000 PCs to Ubuntu, French Armed Forces says open source cuts costs 40 percent (geek.com)
French police move from Windows to Ubuntu Linux (zdnet.com)
French Gendarmerie: "Open source desktop lowers TCO by 40%" (joinup.ec.europa.eu)
French Gendarmerie employs 37 000 Ubuntu desktops and say they lowered their total cost of ownership by 40% (olimex.wordpress.com)
French National Police are Now Running 37,000 Ubuntu Desktops (ostatic.com)
French National Police Switch 37,000 Desktop PCs to Linux (linuxnewsdotcom.wordpress.com)