[Northern Light]

Couldn't phones use freedoms signal to dial 911? I'm also worried rogers is going to scrap wifi now.

Yes, any carrier's phone can dial 911 where available now.

But 911 is not available in all stations or tunnels now, only the downtown U, the TYSSE and St. George to Yonge on Line 2, the rest of the system has reception (were underground)

So the proposal here is extend access to 911 and the entire 5G cell service to the entire system, all tunnels, all stations.

 

[turbanplanner]

Yes, any carrier's phone can dial 911 where available now.

But 911 is not available in all stations or tunnels now, only the downtown U, the TYSSE and St. George to Yonge on Line 2, the rest of the system has reception (were underground)

So the proposal here is extend access to 911 and the entire 5G cell service to the entire system, all tunnels, all stations.

I know, but BAI's plan was to run freedoms signal into the tunnels as well. If you visited doors open in lower bay last year they actually showed the equipment they were going to install. I wonder will Rogers speed things up since they have more money to throw around

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Not overly concerned about free WiFi - it's more trouble than it's worth anyways (and a security nightmare in general).

AoD

 

[christiesplits]

There will have to be a public education campaign to let people know when to use the passenger assistance alarm versus when to call 911 versus when to email in a complaint. I can see a lot of people phoning 911 for fairly mindless things.

 

[Northern Light]

I know, but BAI's plan was to run freedoms signal into the tunnels as well. If you visited doors open in lower bay last year they actually showed the equipment they were going to install. I wonder will Rogers speed things up since they have more money to throw around

Rogers has indicated its timeline in the news release I posted above. (2 years to complete 100% system coverage)

 

[stanko]

I know, but BAI's plan was to run freedoms signal into the tunnels as well. If you visited doors open in lower bay last year they actually showed the equipment they were going to install. I wonder will Rogers speed things up since they have more money to throw around

I had no idea they were showing that at Doors Open, hopefully I'll have a chance to see it this year

 

[turbanplanner]

I had no idea they were showing that at Doors Open, hopefully I'll have a chance to see it this year

Unlikely they'll have lower bay open again but maybe there's a chance. If not, here's a photo I took

 

[W. K. Lis]

Finally, cell phone service 50 years later...

Martin Cooper, who developed the first portable cellphone.

From link.

 

[Steve X]

I hope the TTC will actually force Rogers to work with others for the sake of safety and not use this as an competitive advantage.

 

[littlewill1166]

Not overly concerned about free WiFi - it's more trouble than it's worth anyways (and a security nightmare in general).

AoD

It's possible to make phone calls to any phone number (not just 911) underground today over the wifi with the Big 3 today via Wifi Calling if you have a VPN (BAI might be blocking it if you don't use one, idk).

Wi-Fi Calling Feature | Bell Mobility | Bell Canada

Wi-Fi Calling from Bell Mobility allows you, when your phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, to make and receive calls, as well as send and receive messages.

www.bell.ca

Support & Help Centre | TELUS

WiFi Calling - Everything You Need to Know - Rogers

Stay connected wherever you are with Wi-Fi Calling. Make or receive phone calls and send text messages wherever there’s a Wi-Fi connection, including basements, condos and tall buildings.

www.rogers.com

If you don't have Wi-Fi, then there's less of a backstop for people with other carriers (if those other carriers don't participate).

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

It's possible to make phone calls to any phone number (not just 911) underground today over the wifi with the Big 3 today via Wifi Calling if you have a VPN (BAI might be blocking it if you don't use one, idk).

Wi-Fi Calling Feature | Bell Mobility | Bell Canada

Wi-Fi Calling from Bell Mobility allows you, when your phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, to make and receive calls, as well as send and receive messages.

www.bell.ca

Support & Help Centre | TELUS

WiFi Calling - Everything You Need to Know - Rogers

Stay connected wherever you are with Wi-Fi Calling. Make or receive phone calls and send text messages wherever there’s a Wi-Fi connection, including basements, condos and tall buildings.

www.rogers.com

If you don't have Wi-Fi, then there's less of a backstop for people with other carriers (if those other carriers don't participate).

Phone calls is the element I am least looking forward to and can do completely without re: subway 5G. Data on the other hand is essential.

AoD

 

[Northern Light]

Phone calls is the element I am least looking forward to and can do completely without re: subway 5G. Data on the other hand is essential.

AoD

Totally in agreement here, people on the bus yammering on their cellphones for no good reason when sitting directly beside someone else, broadcasting the details of their insignificant life to the world, like the bus were some new form of social media. LOL. I'd be for blocking voice communication on phones in buses if we could manage it. (911 excepted)

 

[ARG1]

Phone calls is the element I am least looking forward to and can do completely without re: subway 5G. Data on the other hand is essential.

AoD

Ok, I'll just use all of the other ways of calling people on data, like Discord, or Teams, or literally any other communications service that relies on the internet rather than cellular.

 

[littlewill1166]

Phone calls is the element I am least looking forward to and can do completely without re: subway 5G. Data on the other hand is essential.

AoD

But there's already wifi. The only things I can think of, that you can't already do over the existing free wifi, that 5G in tunnels will enable are voice calls, and live streaming. If you disallow these two things, it defeats the purpose.

My phone connects to the available Wi-Fi when the train pulls into each station, so I can still read the news, send texts, stream low-quality video, etc... albeit with a bit of a delay...

 

[yrt+viva=1system]

Good lord, I do not want to hear people face timing back home overseas at 6am on my train. People who FaceTime are the worst and have complete disregard that everyone else on the train can hear them yapping about. They do it on the bus and it’s usually a more than one person at the same time.