London Underground to get mobile phone coverage

Efour said:
Had virgin media wireless for ages 2012¿ but now voice and 4g?

Sod this. It was bad enough on the train home from. Liverpool Street everynight.

"I just got on the train home, yeah, yeah, ok, yeah, I'll ring when I get to Romford/shenfeild/etc... "X1000
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I love it when i'm on a tube train with some loud ******* yelling into his/her (usually a her, one that can't have a brief and concise conversation and wants to talk about her life story) when we finally go underground so i can have some peace so i can read/watch my movies or TV
 
manic111 said:
Urgh, yet another form of public transport which will be ruined by obnoxious morons shouting down the phone. On the plus side, it may actually make the Central Line more pleasant, as it'll be the only line so loud that you won't be able to hear said obnoxious morons.
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God, it's bad enough trying to have a conversation with someone in the tube as it's so noisy. To do that on the phone you'll have to tell :(

Anyway, shouldn't they be prioritising air conditioning in these flipping things? I just got home and I need another damn shower :(
 
Pros & Cons discussed on this evenings news were making the journey time more productive for those using their commute to continue their work rather than having to sacrifice time at home in the evening.

Equally though the tube is unsociable enough and having the world & his wife discuss their weekend plans or what they fancy for dinner tonight for your entire journey home would be irritating.

Fortunately I don't live in London so this will only benefit me for leisure visits.
 
Caged said:
Nooooo
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Agreed.

If someones phone goes straight to voicemail i know they're on the tube and they're on their way. Now if i call some and they're on the tube they will be forced to answer and they will have to shout down the phone and i wont be able to decypher anything and it will just be awkward af.
 
BennyC said:
Pros & Cons discussed on this evenings news were making the journey time more productive for those using their commute to continue their work rather than having to sacrifice time at home in the evening.

Equally though the tube is unsociable enough and having the world & his wife discuss their weekend plans or what they fancy for dinner tonight for your entire journey home would be irritating.

Fortunately I don't live in London so this will only benefit me for leisure visits.
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It's completely pointless because the wait between trains isn't long enough for a voice call to make sense, and there's already wi-fi for firing off a quick iMessage or whatever. I can't really see any productive work getting done on the commute home either, just slow down for a bit and chill out, you don't have to work all the time.

My phone has wifi calling and it works on the tube, not that I'd ever want to make a phone call.
 
Flubble said:
last time i went to london i was surprised (in these days of health and safety) that there wasn't some kind of gated fence between the platform and track, anyone can push somebody or fall onto it and nothing there to stop them
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How is this any different to any other type of railtrack? If anything the trains are far slower than standing on a mainline station when a train doesn't stop at that station.

RE: the topic, I'm in two minds. I'd rather it was wifi than 4G but then with wifi comes wifi calling so it makes no difference. I only live three stops from the office, but the moment the train hits the tunnel it's bliss seeing someone's call get knocked off.
 
I guess tube stations can get a bit more crowded than typical rail stations (obviously tfl does try to control that though)
 
Bank / Liv. St especially. Fair point. Thankfully it's a rare scenario.
 
Narj said:
They are great. *Cough* not that I'd ever use one *cough*

Very tricky to get hold of these days though. You used to be able to get them from the "spy" shops and the old ones seem to not work so well vs modern phones now.
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That'll be the different frequency bands in use nowadays. You'd need to block 800MHz to 2.7GHz to ensure a quiet tube ride now.
 
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