Gothamist follows up on the ringing debate over whether cellphone service should be available in NYC tunnel crossings. In the wake of the London terrorist bombings that involved cellphone-detonated explosives, the authorities-that-be ordered cellphone service turned off in the tunnels. That order was overturned, in part, because commuters want to have cellphone service in the tunnels as a safety precaution. Nobody really knows the full story, with the NYPD and Port Authority involved in a high-level flap about who said what, when.