The Moscow metro leadership abandoned plans for installing Wi-Fi at subway stations. This was told to the Agency “Moscow” the first Deputy head of the subway Yuri Degtyarev. According to him, this decision caused concern about security.
The decision was made following the results of the pilot project, during which the passengers have access to Wi-Fi access on four stations of the Moscow subway (“Dmitry Donskoy Boulevard”, “starokachalovskaya Street”, “Business center” and “Exhibition”). The network has allowed free access in the lobbies and on the platforms and escalators.
According to the results of the project, the provision of such services leads to large crowds on the platforms, posing a threat to the safety of passengers.
“We’re not going to develop a service that offers Wi-Fi in subway stations. As shown by the pilot project, it creates a crowd at the stations and adversely affects the security in the subway”, — said Degtyarev. With Wi-Fi in the subway cars will remain.
On 15 December about the abandonment of plans to install access points Wi-Fi at the stations said provider of wireless Internet in the Moscow metro “Maximalism”.
The pilot project is not stopped. As reported in the company network at the test stations operating normally and the issue of termination of provision of services will be decided together with the leadership of metro.
Earlier doubts about the need for Wi-Fi in subway stations was stated by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Maximalism” Sergey Aslanyan. According to him, “you cannot turn a strategic site in the Internet cafe”.
