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Posts tagged "cell phone usage"

Fantasies about jamming cellphones on public transit

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When I have to listen to a woman whine about her boyfriend, or some guy bitching about his fantasy football team, I sometimes wish I could just shut off the phones or jam the network. A guy on a Philadelphia bus did just that, and more than once. And he boasted about it on a... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 11, 2012 at 7:25 pm
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CTA to offer naming rights; Santa is riding the rails; and other items of note

The transit agency next week will issue a Request for Proposals for companies interested in naming rights to L stations, rail lines, bus routes, special services or events and retail space. We suspect Apple will be the first in line for rights to the North/Clybourn station. The stipulation for first naming rights was included in... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
November 10, 2010 at 6:58 pm
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No! Do not eat chicken on the L or bus, despite TV ads

Recent ads for KFC crispy chicken suggest that public transit passengers can silence the loud, obnoxious celler by biting loudly into a chicken finger. The TV commercial even shows a hip young couple passing a box of chicken back and forth across the aisle of a rail car. No! Please, don’t do it! Don’t even... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
June 7, 2010 at 7:22 pm
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iPhone users exult! AT&T service finally available in subways

Some friends and I just noticed this week that AT&T cell and data service are finally available in the CTA’s Red and Blue line subway. The CTA signed a 10-year contract in June guaranteeing $3.1 million in revenue. And now finally more than seven months later, iPhone users and other AT&T customers can finally access... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
January 12, 2010 at 3:27 pm
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T-Mobile flubs sweet marketing effort on subway service

On my way home tonight, I was handed a small bag of M&Ms by a nice young lady outside the Grand/State subway station. The bag said: Now arriving on the “L” Service available on thered and blue lines The treat’s on us That’s it. Seems rather cryptic. Except, since I’m the CTA Tattler, I know... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
November 17, 2009 at 6:41 pm
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T-Mobile service finally debuts in subway; winning ideas in Trib's CTA contest

T-Mobile customers got service last Friday in the subways after waiting a couple of months since the August announcement by the CTA of a deal by the cellular carrier. The CTA will earn $3.1 million on the T-Mobile deal. AT&T customers with their iPhones have been waiting since June for service. I haven’t heard that... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
November 1, 2009 at 6:50 pm
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A little courtesy please? "Don't yell on your cell"

CTA President Rich Rodriguez didn’t like what he saw — and heard — on his tours of the CTA system: People talking loudly on their cell phones. So he determined that a friendly reminder about cell phone courtesy was needed. As a result, Rodriguez and the CTA now want to remind you to stop yelling... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
October 3, 2009 at 10:05 am
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