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BART Keeps Cell Service Despite Protests
Okian Warrior writes "After taking heat from the ACLU and being hacked by Anonymous for shutting down cellphone service to four stations last week, BART kept cell service on during Monday's protests. Officials at Bay Area Rapid Transit decided Monday that cutting cellphone service to thwart another planned protest would cause more trouble than the protests themselves. Instead, four stations were temporarily closed, creating a chaotic rush-hour commute."
Do people REALLY need to be on their cell phones on the subway, anyway?
One of the things I like best about the DC Metro is the incredibly spotty cell phone reception. You have NO IDEA how gratifying it is when someone who's been loudly talking on their cell phone for the past three above-ground stations FINALLY gets off as we go underground.
No one wants to hear your music on the train, which is why radios and boom boxes are banned. Equally, no one wants to hear you struggle to be heard on your cell phone over the roar of the train.
> considering that the stations they closed had protestors on the tracks, blocking trains from leaving.
Easy problem. Toot Toot, chugga chugga. They WILL get out of the way because even a douchebag hipster knows who wins train vs meatsack. It is an attitude problem, nobody has the balls to make the choo choo go anymore so a few idiots can bring civilization to a halt.
What idiots. They leave the cell phone repeaters on and stop the trains. Hello! What is the primary purpose of BART? Phones or trains/buses?
Democrat delenda est