UK govt finds £200,000 under sofa to kick off research into improving mobile connectivity on nation's crap railways

Do people still use trains? Anyway, wireless antennas on overhead line equipment looks like the solution

Staying connected on a train in the UK is almost impossible thanks to excruciatingly slow speeds and frequent blackspots. The government hopes to make these gripes a thing of the past by committing £200,000 to research on new track-side antenna technology.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/07/24/200k_uk_investment_railway_connectivity/