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South Station Now Offering Free WiFi

Google is partnering with the MBTA to deliver free Internet to the Boston area's largest train station.

The MBTA is starting to get wired.

South Station launched a free wireless Internet program on May 2, according to a joint press release from Google, Redevelopment Ventures Corporation and the MBTA.

Google invested in the endeavor, and Redevlopment Ventures is responsible for WiFi development, the press release states.

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“Anything that improves our customers’ transit experience is a good thing,” MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott said in the statement. “By coupling this new initiative with the WiFi service provided on Commuter Rail trains, the MBTA is keeping its customers connected from the moment they enter South Station to the time they exit trains.”

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