How NYC’s subway got wireless in the tunnels

Re:How NYC’s subway got wireless in the tunnels by Havoc on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:40PM (#16408409)

Paris is now actually pretty good - I was impressed. Fairly stable 4G

London still sucked hard the last time I checked - basically a bit of spotty wifi near the stations.

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Re:How NYC’s subway got wireless in the tunnels by yann63 on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:46PM (#16408470)

Yes, Paris mobile network in subway is now pretty good. My second job was to install BTS for FTM (now Orange) in Paris including the subway in... 2000 ;-)

And we had to do it cooperatively with competitive carriers because of the lack of space in the tubes.

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Re:How NYC’s subway got wireless in the tunnels by w-m on Sunday February 18, 2018 @06:51PM (#16409656)

My experience (with the carrier “Free”) is quite different. If there’s data at all, it’s mostly Edge and will cut out when the train gets to the next station. In some deeper lines I won’t even get a phone signal.

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