MTA To Put Cellular Service In Subways, Port Authority Promises to Figure Out What A Telephone Is

The MTA announced they will be accepting bids from wireless companies to install cellular phone service in subway stations across the city. This makes sense, since despite the many signs imploring riders to alert authorities to suspicious activities, the lack of cellular service has pretty much prevented anyone from calling anyone.

There are fears that cell phones can be used to detonate bombs in subway systems, as was used in Madrid; on the other hand, terrorists can detonate bombs using a hundred other methods, even if cellular service was not installed.

Meanwhile, PATH trains still will not have cellular service.