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\"PASSENGERS_ON_ONE_OF_THE_AMTRAK_METROLINER_TRAINS_WHICH_RUN_BETWEEN_WASHINGTON,_DISTRICT_OF_COLUMBIA,_AND_NEW_YORK..._-_NARA_-_556656\"<\/a>

A commuter train in 1974. (Note the absence of consumer electronics.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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There was some trouble in paradise on the Ethan Allen Express. More than a few people around me were cursing the indifferent Wi-Fi as they desperately tried to remain tethered to the grid. Behind me, a passenger made serial phone calls in a mind-erasing loud voice. \u201cI\u2019m on the train!\u201d he would always begin \u2026 We are all on that train, the one that left print behind, the one where we are constantly in real time, where we know a little about everything and nothing about anything, really. And there is no quiet car.<\/p>\n

\u2014David Carr, The New York Times<\/em>, July 21, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you\u2019re the Times<\/em>\u2019s senior media reporter, you need to stay connected 24\/7, even when you\u2019re on a leisurely train ride up the Hudson Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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