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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 14:01:48 GMT
The other day I received a text message while at Blackhorse Road station. I was sitting in the first car of a northbound train, and my phone apparently received the message either immediately before, or straight after, the train started pulling out of the platform.
I've had glimpses of signal at the bottom of the escalators at Blackhorse Road and Walthamstow Central before, and noticed enough signal to make a phonecall on the Jubilee platforms at Canada Water (underneath the 'drum', of course), but never noticed signal penetrating as far along the platforms as this before. 'Course, as my phone is running terribly slowly at the moment, it might've picked up the message as the train passed the middle of the Blackhorse Road platform and the cross-passages through to the escalator lobby, but as that would've been such a fleeting moment as the train slowed that seems unlikely.
Where else on the network have people observed mobile signal in deep-level stations?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 14:37:16 GMT
I've seen a signal coming up to Green Park jubilee SB before- was rather suprised to see 1 bar instead of 'No Service'!
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Post by kingdinger on Feb 10, 2011 16:31:14 GMT
I work at Blackhorse Road frequently during engineering hours. And I can confirm that you get very good mobile phone reception. Its slightly better on the SB platform than the NB. I'm on Vodafone by the way.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2011 16:49:34 GMT
I'm on Vodafone too.
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Post by version3point1 on Feb 11, 2011 1:37:03 GMT
On O2 I get a clear signal on Jubilee line platforms from North Greenwich – Canada Water. I can also be saying my goodbyes on the phone whilst walking onto the train in these locations.
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Post by bicbasher on Feb 13, 2011 18:53:32 GMT
As mentioned, I've received a text message at Canada Water Jubilee platforms, but no reception from the Overground platforms. Also had DAB Digital Radio reception too!
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Post by ianvisits on Feb 16, 2011 21:21:48 GMT
It's also worth noting that due to the nature of the short data burst for SMS, it is often more likely that SMS will work in areas of variable signal strength, where a voice call wont work.
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Post by SE13 on Feb 17, 2011 16:15:01 GMT
I await the day when someone posts their Facebook status as something like: "Is standing on the platform at Covent Garden tube" ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2011 16:21:54 GMT
I await the day when someone posts their Facebook status as something like: "Is standing on the platform at Covent Garden tube" ;D ;D Thatsuch may become possible with the escalator entrance plan.. depends how the signal decides to propagate. |
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Post by SE13 on Feb 17, 2011 17:49:29 GMT
120 feet escalators....
Can't see much of a signal getting down there!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2011 18:51:46 GMT
Oh yes, it's one of the deeper stations.
Wonder how it compares to Angel?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2011 19:07:35 GMT
I think Angel has 197ft escalators!
Yup!
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Post by SE13 on Feb 17, 2011 22:41:57 GMT
If Covent Garden had escalators, at 1:2 ratio, it'd make 240 feet, and they aren't that steep!
Meantime, regarding Covent Garden, there used to be an announcement about using the lift rather than the stairs, and it said something along the lines of it being equivalent to climbing 15 levels of a high rise block. I'm in the area on Acton weekend, so if it's still being announced, I'll record it.
The other thing I'll do is see how far down the lift shaft I can still get a signal.
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Post by causton on Feb 17, 2011 23:24:00 GMT
I love tubeprune's website quote on this: "Mobile phones don't yet work in London Underground tunnels but the new privatised communications system will eventually get round to it." I am guessing that back then, Mister prune would have assumed that a programme for the rollout of mobile phone reception in the tubes would have been well underway by now. Oh how times change!  |
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Post by mcmaddog on Feb 18, 2011 11:49:11 GMT
I get reasonable t-mobile reception at Bermondsey, good enough to speak as the train begins to pull away.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2011 11:57:37 GMT
Isn't Bermondsey the station that was designed to let in as much natural light as possible?
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Post by suncloud on Feb 18, 2011 23:06:01 GMT
Angel's longest escalator bank is the 197ft one and descends 90ft of depth in that length. The other bank of escalators isn't exactly short.
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