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All stations in the city will have cellphone service as of Monday, Jan 8th. All subway stations have wi-fi as of Jan. 1st. Cuomo has been ordering the MTA to speed up technological and service upgrades and they have been meeting his deadlines. https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog...-monday-010617
So these things are possible when the Governor takes interest in what's going on at the MTA and not letting them stretch things out.
The R train has turned into SUCH a nightmare the last few months since the introduction of the W and the cornball Q second avenue line (i've brought this up in other threads about the topic and people are like WHAT do they have to do with each other!? well, lots!) I have to start leaving a half an hour earlier every day I guess from now on because of all "due to an investigation" bull**** that is non stop every single morning... I don't care about my commute home, I am more than willing to wait for a few trains, but in the morning, it's so inexcusable. I think too many very old people are on the trains these days who cashed out on their suburban homes and moved back to "the city" trying to relive whatever it was they think they never had and ruining the commutes for everyone. Newflash: you can call an Access-A-Ride instead of vomiting up your Ensure on the train when you get vertigo because you haven't been able to keep a balance position on your two feet since the late 70's.
The R train has turned into SUCH a nightmare the last few months since the introduction of the W and the cornball Q second avenue line (i've brought this up in other threads about the topic and people are like WHAT do they have to do with each other!? well, lots!) I have to start leaving a half an hour earlier every day I guess from now on because of all "due to an investigation" bull**** that is non stop every single morning... I don't care about my commute home, I am more than willing to wait for a few trains, but in the morning, it's so inexcusable. I think too many very old people are on the trains these days who cashed out on their suburban homes and moved back to "the city" trying to relive whatever it was they think they never had and ruining the commutes for everyone. Newflash: you can call an Access-A-Ride instead of vomiting up your Ensure on the train when you get vertigo because you haven't been able to keep a balance position on your two feet since the late 70's.
What does this have to do with cell phone service?
Though I think this is a good thing towards safety, I can't help to think of he annoying people who talk loud as if they are hard of ears.
I live off the JMZ. I think anyone that lives off of an el line would tell you it's really not that big of a problem at all. Also, as someone else already said, there won't be service in the underground tunnels, just the stations. So you wouldn't be able to hold a phone call on a moving train underground. Only on above-ground trains
I live off the JMZ. I think anyone that lives off of an el line would tell you it's really not that big of a problem at all. Also, as someone else already said, there won't be service in the underground tunnels, just the stations. So you wouldn't be able to hold a phone call on a moving train underground. Only on above-ground trains
Thank god for that. It does make sense in the stations.
I for one welcome cell service and wifi in all stations, and wish it could extend throughout the tunnels as well. I am beyond sick to death of the "but we'll have to listen to people on their cell phones!" nonsense argument that gets trotted out any time cell service extension is proposed for any location, including airplanes. Face it, there is annoying noise EVERYWHERE, and none of it can be controlled (and as a noise sensitive person, there are a million and one noises that bother me to a degree that they don't bother anyone else); why all of a sudden are cell phone conversations SO horrible to overhear??? It's not much fun to hear a loud conversation between two people sitting next to each other (and in NYC, there's a greater than 50/50 chance it's not in English) but nobody would dare suggest they shut up, right?
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