Underground Cell Service!

This quite the delight for New Yorkers! Many of my friends are daily commuters in my old hometown. Just as the conversation gets interesting, "Hey I am going underground, TTYL" via talk or text. According to Grynbaum of the New York Times, you should be getting reception is some stations as early as next week! Thanks to Transit Wireless we can begin to text and talk our fingers, and ears off while underground. Why did it take so long to do this?!