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> The Eastern European capital from where I'm writing this comment has had such a service for at least 5 years, if not more. I won't deny that the agency respo

> The Eastern European capital from where I'm writing this comment has had such a service for at least 5 years, if not more. I won't deny that the agency responsible for New York transit is incorrigibly corrupt, along with the New York State government that is ostensibly responsible for holding them accountable. That said, there is cell service in most stations (I think they finished the rollout recently, so it may be in all stations now). You don't get cell service in all tunnels, but that's because the New York subway system is very old. For comparison, that's the case in London as well: you get cell service in most of the below-ground stations on the Underground, but not necessarily in all of the tunnels.

Symbiote 9y ago
London will have phone service next year. The previous time public negotiations were discussed, something like 5-8 years ago, the phone companies weren't willing to pay the installation cost Transport for London (i.e. the government) demanded. I can see the price to install the equipment being very high — confined space, only a few hours overnight in which to work, and many metal-lined tunnels which probably mean a custom solution is necessary. https://www.ft.com/content/3cead702-4530-11e7-8d27-59b4dd6296b8 https://www.ft.com/content/3cead702-4530-11e7-8d27-59b4dd629...