Update: Phone coverage across the London tube? That’s sent me hurtling down a tunnel of despair | Lucy Pasha-Robinson

The Guardian — Opinion has reported on “Update: Phone coverage across the London tube? That’s sent me hurtling down a tunnel of despair | Lucy Pasha-Robinson,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

Going deep underground used to offer a refuge from the pressure to be constantly connected. The report also notes that That’s soon to change – and I’m not happy Rejoice! For by the end of 2026, 4G and 5G mobile coverage is expected across the whole London underground network . following months of delays and setbacks, 121 subterranean tube stations is expected to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century, joining Paris and Berlin in perma-connectivity bliss. But should we really be so happy about the rollout? Going deep underground was once a way of escaping the incessant communications of this exhausting modern life. Emails to respond to? WhatsApp messages piling up? The tube used to be one of the last remaining bastions of resistance against the constant expectation to do. To optimise. A simpler place where you could justifiably and believably ignore messages and reply later with a “sorry, I was on the tube”. Lucy Pasha-Robinson is a Guardian assistant Opinion editor

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