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Old 28-02-2008, 11:36
jesswater
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Anyone ever got a signal on the tube before? its only happened a copy of times, (cant remember exact location) but as i was flipping through my phone looking/reading emails i have noticed a weird wifi/connection icon only for a split second.

Will try and note where on the tube it was, but it was as i was sat on the train moving.. as if picking up a wifi/subspot hot spot. i assume staff must have something, but i dont think it was a wifi icon, god. i cant even remember now but has anyone had anything like this?
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Old 28-02-2008, 14:27
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It could be a number of things:

On sub-surface lines, it could well be 'leakage' from nearby offices, stations or cafes etc...

On deep-level lines it is unlikely to be from them sort of sources, could well be someones laptop acting as a wifi connection, there is a lot of work on the tubes radio system at the moment as airwave is rolled out on the tube, you would not pick this up on a normal mobile phone as you need a TETRA phone for this to be picked up.

Let us know when and where your picking this up and I will look into it for you. I have access to different parts of the tube and could well confirm what the signal is.
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Old 28-02-2008, 22:49
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This is something that they've got cracked abroad. In the last year i've used my mobile on underground trains in Lisbon, Paris and Barcelona without break-up of signal. The London tube is hopeless. They need to sort this out, or we will get further behind.
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Old 28-02-2008, 23:47
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One of the lines (Waterloo and City) is either fully kitted out with signal relay boosters, or there are plans to do it very soon. This is because its the shortest line in the Underground (only two terminus stops) and its all underground.
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Old 29-02-2008, 00:05
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This is something that they've got cracked abroad. In the last year i've used my mobile on underground trains in Lisbon, Paris and Barcelona without break-up of signal. The London tube is hopeless. They need to sort this out, or we will get further behind.
i like it that there aren't people yacking away on mobile phones on the tube.
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Old 04-03-2008, 19:12
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pic thats flying around the net at the moment. some guys picked this icon up on their phones/pdas/etc whilst out on tour in afghanistan, more or less same thing i had. least we know its a universal standard i guess...

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Old 04-03-2008, 20:18
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pic thats flying around the net at the moment. some guys picked this icon up on their phones/pdas/etc whilst out on tour in afghanistan, more or less same thing i had. least we know its a universal standard i guess...

link
Do I smell a viral on the interweb.....?

http://myforum.lasyk.net/showthread.php?t=39085

http://www.phonescoop.com/forums/for...f=2&fi=1621686

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/v...c.php?p=491935
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Old 11-03-2008, 15:33
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It looks like it, but ive seen all those from when i did some googling to figure out what was going on, but doesn't explain why i get the icon unless there is a way you can send it to mobile phones or something?
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Old 11-03-2008, 15:52
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