http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/ Engadget Comments for New York's subway stations to be wired for cellphones http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/]]>Sep 20th 2007 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/
im suprised that new york is just getting it.]]>Sep 20th 2007 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/
I don't really want to listen to my fellow riders yelling into their phones, but I'd at least like to have data and SMS service with which to pass the time while underground. Perhaps there could just be stiff fines for people who take and place phone calls in the train, or designated cars for yappers.]]>Sep 20th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/
I don't know what you're whining about. The Subway may be annoying to you, but for those who ride it to get from point A to point B, it's rather efficient.

It takes me 10 minutes to travel by subway from Penn station to Grand Central whereas by Taxi it’s anywhere between 20 to 25 minutes.
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Score another point for living in D.C. versus New York City
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that place is one multi-structure museum. and as a wise man once said, "good things don't end in 'eum.'"]]>Sep 20th 2007 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/
a fine for people using their phones while on the train is just as effective as the whole you can't move between cars of the train while it is in motion. In fact, most of the car doors are now locked on some lines, so if there is an emergency, it's now harder to leave the car. You bet i'd like to call 911 and wait on hold for 5 minutes to bitch about some emergency while in transit.]]>Sep 20th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/
C'mon guys lets re-think this a little. Are you really ready to listen to that 13 year old girls conversation while being stuck in a big metal box?

Thats just this bloggers opinion!]]>Sep 20th 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/
But the real issue is on the trains themselves. Unless you're on one of the elevated sections, such as in Brooklyn or the Bronx, you get no reception at all. I would LOVE for them to have it installed in the tunnels. I guess yacking on the phone in the subway could make it even more irritating to sit by some people, but I wish I could surf the net and use slingplayer mobile.

I suppose that would require a lot more transmitters, located at each bend and turn in the tunnel. Or perhaps they could put them on the trains themselves... of course, then they'd need some sort of relay system to transmit from the trains to the network. I believe they already have systems to communicate with the motorman on the trains and monitor the speed and location and such. Perhaps it could be extended to allow for cell phone traffic...

]]>Sep 20th 2007 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/I'm pretty surprised ny is only getting this now, and even more so that it will take 2 whole years to kit out only 6 stations.]]>Sep 20th 2007 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/
It also would have been better if one or more of the big 5 providers did it themself, instead of some other company that will require roaming. Who knows what they will charge the carriers for roaming down there.]]>Sep 20th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 21st 2007 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/
I am kind of surprised NY is so behind the times here!]]>Sep 21st 2007 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 21st 2007 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 20th 2007 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 21st 2007 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 21st 2007 3:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/Sep 21st 2007 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/20/new-yorks-subway-stations-to-be-wired-for-cellphones/
Talk about "Can you hear me now?"

It's way too loud town there - IMHO - to have a decent conversation...even with a Jawbone.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 6:16PM