The Washington Post updates the story on New York City transport authorities’ shutting down cell phone coverage in the wake of the London bombings. The fear was apparently that terrorists could use mobile phones to coordinate attacks.
Turning off cells to stop terror coordination?
- July 12th, 2005
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@ 17:04
According to Reuters, via boingboing:
Cell phone service resumed in two of four busy New York commuter tunnels on Monday after it was shut off amid heightened security concerns following last week’s deadly blasts in London, officials said. Cell phone service to two of the tunnels had been shut down in a miscommunication between the New York Police Department and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, officials said. Service to those two tunnels was restored.
In announcing the resumption of service, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said, “It appears to be a miscommunication between the NYPD and the MTA.”