Cell phone links disabled in New York tunnels

[saraphen]

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Cellular phone service has been shut off in four busy New York commuter tunnels since last week's deadly blasts in London, officials said Monday.

No specific reason was given for the move but cell phones have been used to trigger bombs in the past.

Cell phone service is disabled in the Holland and Lincoln tunnels that connect Manhattan to New Jersey under the Hudson River, the Midtown Tunnel to the city's Queens borough and the Battery Tunnel to Brooklyn, officials said.

The move came immediately after the bombings in London Thursday, said a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees operation of the Lincoln and Holland tunnels.

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Why didn't they react after the Madrid bombing?

[SistahSpeak]

VERY interesting...

[JamieC]

I'm suprised that they hadn't actually banned cell phones in NY all together.

[Gorilla]

And in the same stroke they've weakened the ability for communication to get to the outside world for help if something happens to the train conductor or transit police (if they have that in new york). There are plenty of other ways a person can set off bombs remotely besides a cell phone.

[Weapon_of_Israel]

lol, i thought they cut off anyway under tunnels....