Soon Verizon customers on the T will be able to shout: Can you hear me now?

By adamg on Mon, 08/19/2013 - 9:29am

The Boston Business Journal reports Verizon has finally signed a deal with the company that runs wireless service along subway routes and expects to roll out underground service starting by year's end, starting with voice. Exactly how extensive the service will be remains undisclosed, but it will go beyond the four downtown stations where Verizon customers now get bars instead of an X.

Neighborhoods:

Boston

Topics:

The T

Free tagging:

Verizon Wireless

Ad:

Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Comments

now if only we could get FiOS like every other city/town....

By anon on Mon, 08/19/2013 - 10:40am.

...but Verizon is still holding the state capitol hostage, because they want an exception to the state's TV franchising system...

So we've still got either Comcast or Comcast, and in some places RCN...or really shitty+expensive DSL service...

Good for Verizon, since the

By Quantum Mechanic on Tue, 08/20/2013 - 2:55pm.

Good for Verizon, since the state's TV franchising system is ridiculous.

The sweet sound of nasal voices.

By anon on Mon, 08/19/2013 - 11:11am.

It's just not enough to unavoidably overhear what Judy had for supper last night. Young Bobby's toilet training is vital information to share on the T. Thank the T gods for opportunities to witness yelling matches on cell phones between pissed of girlfriend and faithless boyfriend.

On the other hand now I can download the Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom while riding the T. Naturally it will be read aloud to match the gossipy discussion of what you know who is doing to you know whom. Except during cell phones when distinctions between who and whom have the same priority as silence.

I miss the old Mass Ave schadenfreude

By Arborway on Mon, 08/19/2013 - 2:11pm.

You know, when you were surrounded by people on the Orange Line yelling into their cell phones about random crap you didn't want to hear... only to enter the inbound tunnel and watch them all react with shock and confusion as their calls were dropped?

And despite the fact this happened every single time the train entered the subway for years and years and years, the people yelling into their phones had never picked up on the fact there was no signal to be found in the subway?

Yeah, those were good times.