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Posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009 Today the weirdest thing happened. I was shooting photos at 168th St on the 1 platform and my cell phone started ringing. It was my mom and she is a "chatty cathy." Im on the phone telling my mother I am in the subway and I will call her back. She continued to talk and I was still dumbfounded that I got this call. The train shows up and I figure ok Im gonna loose signal and she'll get the point since I couldn't get a word in edgewise. Needless to say my phone never completely lost service and the convo, though the signal bar sputtered between a bar and no bar, held until I got off at 225th. My carrier is Verizon Wireless, has this werid shit happened to anyone else in the system where you know good and well your phone shouldn't be ringing?Trevor |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Thu Nov 19 19:46:05 2009, in response to Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009. That is a shock!! 168th is deep in the ground there!! Guess you got a good phone too!! :-) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Thu Nov 19 19:46:57 2009, in response to Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009. BTW.......did you get my email?????? |
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Posted by shadyelstation on Thu Nov 19 19:57:47 2009, in response to Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009. That's amazing; usually tunnels (whether entering in or traveling through) spell doom for my cell phone reception.My carrier is also Verizon Wireless; I've received similar reception (no bars or one bar) at Queens Plaza, West 4 Street, parts of 23 St - Ely Ave (nearest to the exit points but still underground), and the Atlantic Ave - Pacific St transfer area. my blog |
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Posted by lrg5784 on Thu Nov 19 20:19:55 2009, in response to Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009. That's amazing. Usually you'd find reception with any phone carrier at most of the older stations (e.g. the original IRT subway) because they are so close to the ground. |
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Posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 20:41:39 2009, in response to Re: Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by lrg5784 on Thu Nov 19 20:19:55 2009. There was a couple of people standing around me, Just as shocked as I was. Ive also gotten phone calls at GCT on the shuttle platform and lots of IRT spots and also along F and V on 6th Av. |
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Posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 20:42:19 2009, in response to Re: Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Thu Nov 19 19:46:57 2009. Yessir. Will be responding in email in a little while. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Thu Nov 19 20:45:19 2009, in response to Re: Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 20:42:19 2009. Aiiiiiiiiight!!! |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Fri Nov 20 01:10:21 2009, in response to Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009. I also have Verizon. And if I can get at least a weak, one bar signal, it will usually hold onto it for dear life. |
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Posted by straphanger9 on Fri Nov 20 02:29:11 2009, in response to Re: Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 20:41:39 2009. Yup the shuttle platform is a particularly interesting place for phone service for me, as I get service right near the Track 3 bumper block, but go a little further into the station and no service. |
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Posted by South Ferry on Fri Nov 20 02:45:01 2009, in response to Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009. Yes am with VZW, but I don't pick up signal till Dyckman..... esp. not at 168th. |
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Posted by Hoghead on Fri Nov 20 03:34:37 2009, in response to Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009. Perhaps the signal sneaks through because of all the broken steel & re-rod that also lets the ceiling fall down. |
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Posted by rionOne on Fri Nov 20 07:23:55 2009, in response to Re: Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by South Ferry on Fri Nov 20 02:45:01 2009. This musta been a fluke or something, there are a few other spots in the system I've gotten phone calls that I just couldn't believe I got calls.I know they were once talking about wiring the system for cell use. Have we progressed any, I didn't really keep up with that campaign after the initial talk about it. -Trevor |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Nov 20 07:27:17 2009, in response to Re: Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Fri Nov 20 07:23:55 2009. Hm.I remember getting cell service in the Hudson River tubes. The power had just gone out and I managed to call my mother to ask her if she had power and if there was any sort of widespread outage. |
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Posted by Bklyn2NJ on Fri Nov 20 10:48:54 2009, in response to Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009. It's happened to me at times. Other than Atlantic-Pacific, its happened at 34 St-Herald Square, Prince St, DeKalb Av, Jamaica-Van Wyck, and once carried a convo from 21 St-Queensbridge to right before Roosevelt Av. Sadly, this doesn't happen often. My carrier is AT&T.You must have a great phone too! |
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Posted by Neil Feldman on Fri Nov 20 21:21:01 2009, in response to Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by rionOne on Thu Nov 19 19:32:36 2009. Verizon supposedly has a contract with MTA in Antenna service I know for a fact with LIRR at Penn! I wouldn't be surprised if the same applies with the subway too! I have Verizon also! |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Nov 21 20:51:14 2009, in response to Re: Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by Nilet on Fri Nov 20 07:27:17 2009. It could be remotely possible that the RR's catenary wires which eventually come out into the open might have acted as an antenna to carry the cell phone signals. Something similar could actually be taking place in areas of the subway system as well. Some piece of conductive material nearby, possibly even the train radio antenna cable in the tunnels, may be assisting the transmission and reception of the cell phone signals. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Mon Nov 23 17:34:13 2009, in response to Re: Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by straphanger9 on Fri Nov 20 02:29:11 2009. I had to wait their once and I think I figured out why. If you look toward the ceiling against the wall beyond the bumper block, you can see what I think is the actual sidewalk directly above you. Since that's probably the only place where the ceiling is that thin, that's why cell phone signals get through. |
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Posted by R32_3672 on Mon Nov 23 19:18:36 2009, in response to Re: Cell Phone Service @ 168th St on the (1)..., posted by 3-9 on Mon Nov 23 17:34:13 2009. Yeah I had service on the southbound 42nd st 1,2&3 station by the stairs in the back by the newstand entrance, And my service is T-Mobile. |
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