# Cellphone/texting practices **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-texting-practices/428938 "2007-12-05T19:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-texting-practices/428938/41 "2007-12-10T18:03:57Z")
And I texted yesterday when I had no phone and no internet (gee thanks Time Warner). So I texted my husband in Boston and he got online for their online chat help function. We amused ourselves texting back and forth while the problem got sorted out. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-texting-practices/428938/42 "2007-12-10T18:14:19Z")
[QUOTE=LSLGuy] …In a modern young-ish social setting, everybody is bored all the time. Every 30 seconds they want something new to stimulate their mind. … [/QUOTE] Good god, that’s sad. **An Gadai** - my wife had a similar problem with kids answering phones/texting during lectures. Over the years she gave up on the no texting prohibition. Again, strikes me as sad. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-texting-practices/428938/43 "2007-12-11T11:02:09Z")
I use text on the trains for practical reasons: underground, there’s no signal, so there’s no way to carry on a voice conversation (not to mention it’s rude to other passengers). I can type a message in the tunnel, send it when will pull into a station, then most likely get a reply (if one is needed, I don’t chat with my cell phone) at the next station. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-texting-practices/428938/44 "2007-12-11T21:00:49Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] I use text on the trains for practical reasons: underground, there’s no signal, so there’s no way to carry on a voice conversation (not to mention it’s rude to other passengers). I can type a message in the tunnel, send it when will pull into a station, then most likely get a reply (if one is needed, I don’t chat with my cell phone) at the next station. [/QUOTE] Am I right in thinking that Tokyo has at least some parts of the subway fully enabled for mobile phones, including tunnels? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-texting-practices/428938/45 "2007-12-11T23:38:02Z")
The stations are all equipped to handle mobile phones, with many having Wifi spots as well, but I’m not sure about the tunnels. It may depend on the kind of phone you use (I use the ultra-cheapies), but I can’t recall ever having a signal. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-texting-practices/428938/46 "2007-12-11T23:42:26Z")
Ah, OK. I thought (but am not sure) that the Hong Kong system has mobile access in tunnels, and, y’know, we expect Japan to do everything first 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-texting-practices/428938.md?page=2)