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crusty_bint wrote: i.e. they're not a bawhair away from Dickensian!
Fossil wrote:Glasgow enables mobile phones on subway
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39292145,00.htm
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dave2 wrote:The best bit is wifi...in the subway... Ok, so aside for m there not being much room to get your laptop out, the longest possible journey is about 24 minutes, with most being about 8-10 I guess. At last in London you could be on for a good hour and thus have time to actually get something done.
Of course wifi is easier than changing the opening hours, persuading staff to work earlier / later , cleaning the stations, or sorting out the fact that several tunnels are used as storm drains.
dave2 wrote:Hmmm one could argue there is even less need for it then. The longest wait is normally 8 minutes, and on a platform there is nothing to rest a laptop on, so it will really only help the minority with 3G or wifi phones.
The Tyne & Wear metro in Newcastle introduced a system to allow phone calls in its deep underground stations as part of the technology testing, but they had it throughout the tunnels, which made more sense as the system goes from above ground rail through tunnels under the city and out the other side, and this allowed conversations to be carried through that area.
I still don't think it should hav been SPT's highest spending priority!
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