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For the nth time - there is no cell-phone reception on the underground sections of the London tube system - only on the above-ground portions of some of the older lines that run well beyond the central London area.

There have been discussions going on regarding the installation of cells to enable mobile reception - one of the arguments that has been marshalled against this is the possibility of cell-phone bomb detonation!

by londanium on Mon Jul 18th, 2005 at 07:44:38 AM EST
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I was not aware of the subway cell phone situation in London. Thank you for clarifying.

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by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Mon Jul 18th, 2005 at 09:58:16 AM EST
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There are a few sections of line in central London where it is possible to get cell reception. These are

1)the few stations that are either open or very close to ground level. Edgware Road Circle/District/Hammersmith and City line station is one of them. Otheres where reception is possible include Earls Court, South Kensington, Barbican and Whitechapel.  

2) The sections of track open to the sky where the line was not rebuilt over when it was constructed. There is a long section going east from Kings Cross on the District/Circle line where this happens but there are small sections all along the north-eastern section of the Circle.

However, these isolated areas of reception are too unpredicatable to allow for the detonation of the two on the higher level lines and the "Kings Cross" bomb was in a deep tunnel where there are no signals.

by Londonbear on Mon Jul 18th, 2005 at 11:06:57 PM EST
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