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How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

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Re: How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

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Post by hereonout2 »

p10jkle wrote: post #40
throw567643u8 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This behaviour is so bad on London (above ground) trains, if they ever do 'crack it' and roll out mobile signal to the Underground, those tiny carriages will be unbearable.

There already is signal on many underground lines, and it’s pretty rare that people are playing things out loud in my experience?

It's because phones speakers aren't loud enough to be audible over the sound of the tube itself!

It is noticeable on buses and overground when people play things out load, but to be honest quite rare in the grand scheme of things.

Re: How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

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Post by throw567643u8 »

p10jkle wrote: post #40
throw567643u8 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This behaviour is so bad on London (above ground) trains, if they ever do 'crack it' and roll out mobile signal to the Underground, those tiny carriages will be unbearable.

There already is signal on many underground lines, and it’s pretty rare that people are playing things out loud in my experience?

My daily train to/from London Bridge to West Croydon is borderline unbearable.

Re: How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

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Post by TheFuzzball »

buckle8017 wrote: post #12
esperent wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to excuse other people's behavior but buying a decent pair of noise canceling headphones or earbuds will make putting up with it a whole lot easier. You don't even have to listen to anything, or you can put rain noises and thunderstorms. It's as much better soundscape than public transport.

Noise cancelling headphones on NYC public transit is insanity.

Why?

Re: How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

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Post by jorvi »

edent wrote: post #13
dbish wrote: post #5

Pretty neat but as someone who commutes every day on the New York subway I hope it’s never “cracked” here. Phone usage without headphones is already annoying enough and I greatly appreciate the various people trying to take calls eventually lose service.

Why is your need for silence more important than other people's need to communicate?

Their silence disrupts no one, but one call or loud song disrupts 20-40 people their peace.

Don't be a douche.

Re: How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

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Post by CalRobert »

edent wrote: post #13
dbish wrote: post #5

Pretty neat but as someone who commutes every day on the New York subway I hope it’s never “cracked” here. Phone usage without headphones is already annoying enough and I greatly appreciate the various people trying to take calls eventually lose service.

Why is your need for silence more important than other people's need to communicate?

They can use headphones. The problem is listening to someone scroll through tiktok with volume on max.

Re: How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

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Post by cm2187 »

dbish wrote: post #5

Pretty neat but as someone who commutes every day on the New York subway I hope it’s never “cracked” here. Phone usage without headphones is already annoying enough and I greatly appreciate the various people trying to take calls eventually lose service.

The worst is not calls, it is the thousands of zombies hooked up on tiktok 24/7, of course with headphones, so completely unaware and indifferent to their environment, who block tunnels, escalators, turnstiles, etc.

Re: How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

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Post by Havoc »

cedws wrote: post #48

Definitely not. Try it in Tokyo, every single line, every single station has high speed coverage. I can’t recall signal ever dropping out for me.

London’s first line predates tokyos by like 60 years and was literally the test ground for how to make underground’s

The challenge isn’t the technology but rather the environment you’re trying to retrofit

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