Comments on: O2 enables mobile usage on UK subway http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/10/o2-enables-mobile-usage-on-uk-subway.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:47:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Nick http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/10/o2-enables-mobile-usage-on-uk-subway.html/comment-page-1/#comment-317580 Nick Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:27:09 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/10/o2-enables-mobile-usage-on-uk-subway.html#comment-317580 It's hardly necessary to enable voice conversations on the Tube - how long is the average journey - 20, 30 minutes max? Are we really in a situation where being unable to communicate for that length of time is really seriously life inhibiting? There are so many selfish habits people display on the Tube and I can see inane and incessant loud conversations being the cause of a lot of grief and assaults if this comes to London! And don't get me started on annoying ringtones and text alerts.... It’s hardly necessary to enable voice conversations on the Tube – how long is the average journey – 20, 30 minutes max? Are we really in a situation where being unable to communicate for that length of time is really seriously life inhibiting?

There are so many selfish habits people display on the Tube and I can see inane and incessant loud conversations being the cause of a lot of grief and assaults if this comes to London! And don’t get me started on annoying ringtones and text alerts….

]]> By: Simon Sage http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/10/o2-enables-mobile-usage-on-uk-subway.html/comment-page-1/#comment-317573 Simon Sage Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:51:25 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/10/o2-enables-mobile-usage-on-uk-subway.html#comment-317573 I had heard that airlines working on enabling in-flight Wi-Fi would not be doing the same thing for voice services explicitly because they don't want people talking on the phone throughout travel... I could see the same thinking being applied to the subway, but hey, people talk on the bus all the time... I had heard that airlines working on enabling in-flight Wi-Fi would not be doing the same thing for voice services explicitly because they don’t want people talking on the phone throughout travel… I could see the same thinking being applied to the subway, but hey, people talk on the bus all the time…

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