Was it the underground cell repeaters? Or the cell towers on BART property --for which they lease out the land to telecom providers?
If it's the underground repeaters, that's their business. If it was the towers on Bart property but property of telecoms, then that's problematic -as it interrupts service to non-Bart users.
They are asserting it's the underground repeaters. Apparently, they approached the telcos and the telcos wouldn't play.
We need to find out who is repsonsible for this. We need public personal accountability for organizational decisions, particularly in the case of public and government services.
I believe just the underground repeaters - probably just in San Francisco proper. I had one bar on the east end of the embarcadero station (Verizon), probably from outside, but I couldn't successfully send a text or call. After getting on the train, I figured out they'd shut down the cell service on the platforms/tunnel (no signal until I got above ground at 24th). This was around 4:30pm.
I'm guessing the AT&T customers just figured it was service as usual in SF. :)
Yeah, on AT&T I pretty much give up on using my phone once the train starts moving, even though we're supposed to have service from Civic Center all the way to the Oakland end of the transbay tube.
If it's the underground repeaters, that's their business. If it was the towers on Bart property but property of telecoms, then that's problematic -as it interrupts service to non-Bart users.