Below Ground Roosevelt Island Subway Station WiFi Service Out For A Week Is Back In Service - What Is The Best Above Ground Wireless Phone Service For Roosevelt Island?

UPDATE: Service outage at Roosevelt Island. We will provide a notification update when the problem is resolved.

— NYC Subway TWWiFi (@TWWiFi) June 24, 2017

A Roosevelt Island resident asked yesterday

I wanted to know if you've noticed or if anyone has mentioned the lack of cell phone service or WiFi signal at the RI subway station since Saturday, 6/24? I thought it might have been related to the work done over the weekend but it has continued through this week.

Keep up the great work on the blog - it's always my first/only source for island news.

I shared this tweet from NYC Subway TWWiFi

UPDATE: WiFi service @ Roosevelt Island (F) station still out while we perform maintenance. We will update you as soon as service resumes.

— NYC Subway TWWiFi (@TWWiFi) June 26, 2017

Later that day, Roosevelt Island F subway cellular service was restored

Blessed

— LJ Rader (@LJ_Rader) June 30, 2017

and residents are back using their phones at the subway platform.

Another resident asked about above ground wireless phone service for the Island - What's the best cell service for Roosevelt Island?

I've used @ATT for years. Service has been pretty good

— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland) June 21, 2017

Thanks for the info!

— Mendee Morgan (@MendeeMorgan) June 21, 2017

Any suggestions?

When Will Roosevelt Island F Train Subway Station Get Wireless Wi Fi Service From Transit Wireless Asks Resident On Twitter - Spring 2017 Is The Answer

 Image From Transit Wireless

According to Transit Wireless:

Now 100 Manhattan and Queens underground stations have Transit Wireless WiFi. Transit Wireless WiFi will be available to all 279 underground stations by 2017. Each station will host and provide cellular services, too. Riders will be able to use Transit Wireless WiFi to stay connected underground through email, social media and apps....

The Roosevelt Island Twitterverse asks:

@transitwireless when will @Rooseveltisland come online for cell service? The F is so unreliable; need to be able to get alerts underground.

— Melissa A. Wade (@Honeybee22274) October 8, 2015

@transitwireless @Rooseveltisland boo.

— Melissa A. Wade (@Honeybee22274) October 8, 2015

@Rooseveltisland @Honeybee22274 Stations are set within specific phases as per our contract agreement with the @MTA

— Transit Wireless (@transitwireless) October 8, 2015

@transitwireless @Rooseveltisland which is awesome- I use it every day up & down 6th Ave, but the actual need on RI is pretty high. Thanks!

— Melissa A. Wade (@Honeybee22274) October 8, 2015

@Honeybee22274 @Rooseveltisland We hear you, we're trying our best to lit up the stations as fast and efficiently as possible.

— Transit Wireless (@transitwireless) October 8, 2015

@transitwireless @Rooseveltisland thank you, & thanks for engaging! If there is anything elected officials can do, we have great ones... :)

— Melissa A. Wade (@Honeybee22274) October 8, 2015

The Transit Wireless Wi Fi service is currently available at these F train stop near Roosevelt Island but not Roosevelt Island or Lexington/63rd street.

Jackson Hts. – Roosevelt Ave.

21st St. – Queensbridge

57th St. – 6th Ave.

47th – 50th Sts. – Rockefeller Center

42nd St. – Bryant Park

34th St. – Herald Square

23rd St. – 6th Ave.

14th St. – 6th Ave.

More on Wireless Transit NYC subway service.



Notice where the opening NYC scenes of Wireless Transit Video are taken from - The Roosevelt Island Tram.



2017 is a big year for Roosevelt Island. We're scheduled to get East River ferry service, opening of Cornell Tech campus and wireless wi-fi F train subway station service. And the new Roosevelt Island NY Public Library branch is scheduled to open in late 2017 or 2018.

What else is coming?