Comments on: Subway cell service no sure thing without carriers

By: Report: Transit Wireless cell service pilot set for Tuesday launch :: Second Ave. Sagas

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:25:31 +0000

[...] underground. Since then, Transit Wireless, the MTA’s contractor chosen for the pilot program, failed to sign up carriers, appeared to be a bogus company, went belly-up for a few years and emerged in late 2010 with [...]

By: Underground cell service: a panacea or a prison? :: Second Ave. Sagas

Underground cell service: a panacea or a prison? :: Second Ave. Sagas — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:08:09 +0000

[...] next step is the toughest. As was the case back in 2007, it’s no sure thing carriers would sign up. Now, as then, the cell companies will have to make sure that the Transit [...]

By: nathan

nathan — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:00:28 +0000

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By: Dingdong

Dingdong — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:58:12 +0000

Frankly, I’m not worried. Moscow has (and has had a for a while) a similar system of service only in stations, but not in tunnels – partly because the Metro is so loud it would be pointless to try and speak in the tunnels – and the service is quite widely used. A major point in the favor of two of the main cell providers’ over the third is that the third has been lagging far behind in providing service in Metro stations. As soon as one carrier provides service in New York, the other carriers will have to follow suit in order not to lose the battle for new customers.

Granted, Moscow subway stations are much deeper and more pleasant to be in than New York ones, but people generally have to wait around and spend more time in New York; on balance, I think this still leaves the service at least equally as suited for New York.

(I should note that Moscow does not always have service outside of the downtown stations; i.e. many peripheral stations have no cell service)