London Banter - View Single Post - Public internet access on the london underground

Roland Perry

In message , at 14:21:52 on Wed, 14 Sep
2011, d remarked:
Not the point. Mobiles can be lost, broken or the battery can die. There
should always be a fallback landline option.

That doesn't help if the manager is many miles away from where the
landline rings.

Why would he be?

Because he's out of the office?

Unless he's an on a site. In which case there should
be provision made to contact him.

Mobile phone being the obvious first choice.

Eh? There are dozens of reasons people travel. Commuting, theatre, shopping,
hospital, holiday etc etc

Commuters are often travelling to meetings too, at their office. The

I think you'll find most commuters are just travelling to their desks.

From where they conduct meetings with colleagues.

other reasons you list for travel are tiny compared to this.

Rubbish. I suspect the majority of people on the tube outside rush hour
are tourists and I doubt many of the rest are on their way to meetings.

We'll have to agree to differ. But why pick just off-peak for your
mobile phone rant?
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Roland Perry