On 15 Mar, 23:25, "Mizter T" wrote:
[crossposted to uk.railway - though I'll probably regret doing so!]
[originally posted to uk.transport.london]

On 15 Mar, 21:15, wrote:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-cent...ress-releases-...

Oh no!

If anyone wants some inside information on upcoming City deals, or a
sprinkling of the latest rumours going round the square mile, I
suggest they plant someone with good hearing on the W&C line platform
at Waterloo from about 6am onwards each day.

Just to clarify - coverage will only extend to the W&C platforms at
Waterloo and Bank, there won't be coverage when the train is in the
tunnel - i.e. when passengers are on a train that isn't in a station.

The Tyne & Wear Metro, however, has had mobile full mobile coverage -
i.e. in stations and in tunnels - since 2004...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3495413.stm
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news.../aye-pet-metro


[ Direct link to the TfL press release - http://tinyurl.com/2brzxu ]

I already regret crossposting this to uk.railway, as much as I regret
all those days I spent bunking off school when I should have been
learning to read.

The press release, of course, makes abundantly clear that mobile phone
coverage will be made available throughout the tunnels as well as on
the platforms. I had erroneously speed read the statement and made the
presumption that mobile coverage would be limited to platforms - I
believe that London Underground had previously stated they were
investigating providing coverage on station platforms only.

I shall now go and crawl back under the rock from whence I came...