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Virgin Media kits out 150 Tube stations with wi-fi

londonundergroundSince the London Olympics, Virgin Media has been adding wi-fi to stations on the London Underground.

And today it said it has now kiitted out its 160th station.  It said that over 2.5 million gadgets are now registered on its network with over 3TB (terabytes) of data downloaded every day.

It said the most used service are at the Waterloo & City Line at Waterloo station, Kings Cross and Oxford Circus.

The service lets you access Transport for London travel information and news and some other stuff at no charge for subscribers to Virgin Media broadband, EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three customers.

Virgin claims that represents around 95 percent of people in London.

If you’re one of the five percent, you can get a daily pass for £2, a weekly pass for £5 and a two monthly pass for £15.

Use your phone on the Tube

tubeEE said that you can now use your smartphone to travel on the London Underground.

Last month, EE introduced its “Cash on Tap” service for Transport for London (TFL) buses.  Now, it says, that service is compatible with the Underground, trans, DLR Overground and National Rail services that accept Oyster.

There’s no extra charge for using Cash on Tap to travel and Monday to Sunday capping offers best value fares.

Cash on Tap is already available for Marks and Spencer, Pret a Manger, WH Smith, McDonalds and Boots.

EE customers can download the app from the Google Play store and is compatible with a variety of Android devices.

EE says the app removes so-called card clash, where gates might not open if you have more than one contactless card.