A huge thanks to National Express, who have finally got the hang of this customer service thing in providing free WiFi on their East Coast train service. This is a welcome departure from GNER’s somewhat irritating “Pay us $100,000,000 for the privilege of connecting!” stance, however in the spirit of being big business they still ask for some information - namely your email address so that they may better spam you with unwanted offers.
Surely if you’re offering free WiFi, you may as well just leave it open and not require a HTML login form so that users with browserless devices (VoIP phones, for example) can take advantage. Oh well, it’s still better than nothing.