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Porn tops list of Wi-Fi search at Patna
PATNA: Patna railway station tops the chart in terms of internet search using the free Wi-Fi service, though the maximum searches were for porn sites, a railway
PATNA: Patna railway station tops the chart in terms of internet search using the free Wi-Fi service, though the maximum searches were for porn sites, a railway official said on Monday.
“More than any other railway station, where free Wi-Fi service was launched, Patna station is on the top for using internet, particularly to search for porn sites,” an official of RailTel, a mini-Ratna public sector undertaking (PSU), said.
After Patna, Jaipur railway station is second to use internet search, followed by Bengaluru and New Delhi.
“It was revealed from our records of use of data by users,” the official said.
Patna station, which sees more than 200 trains a day, is the first in Bihar to get free Wi-Fi.
According to RailTel officials, people are using free Wi-Fi for Youtube at Patna, followed by Wikipedia. “More than anything, porn sites have been watched and downloaded by the people at Patna railway station,” an official said.
Some people have been using free Wi-Fi to download apps, and Bollywood and Hollywood films as well.
Till now, free Wi-FI facility has been launched at 23 railway stations in the country.
“By this year-end, free Wi-Fi facility will be launched at 100 major railway stations. We will achieve our target of 400 stations in three years. Once in place, it will be the largest public Wi-Fi system in the world,” railway minister Suresh Prabhu said.
‘Railwire’, the retail broadband distribution model of Railtel, was launched in association with Google for providing high-speed internet to rail commuters at these places.