The plan, covering the five years up to 2019, promises faster journeys, 170, 000 more peak-time commuter seats and improved reliability, but depends on making savings and rising fares.

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Whether it's a family using faster connections to stay in touch through video calling, a student downloading large files on the go, a sports fan catching every second of the game, or a commuter maximizing travel time, LTE is making Canadians' lives better.

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Perhaps for the time being, commuter connectivity will be best with 3G only until 4G catches up.

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First of all, every commuter rail system has full time maintenance crews, and they always have plenty of work: changing lightbulbs in the tube, fixing a signal that got bumped, replacing an on-track communication cable that was vibrated out of place and smashed, etc.

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They had a commuter marriage, which didn't allow them much time together.

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New York's entire transit system of subways, buses and commuter rails stopped running at midday on Saturday - the first time officials have closed the network because of bad weather.

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Like the time the FBI wrongly linked an Oregon attorney named Brandon Mayfield to the 2004 Madrid commuter train bombing that killed 200 people.

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So if you are driving yourself to work each day and getting sick of the prices at the pump, this is a great time to think about switching to public transportation, as well as taking advantage of Commuter Accounts to pay for your qualified commuting expenses.

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