Dr Richard M Marshall

I've always liked to build things. Since I outgrew Lego I've been building software, development teams and most recently companies.

I'm Founder and CTO of Rapid Mobile Media Ltd in Edinburgh, Scotland. We founded the company in February 2004. We mobilise applications, but are now focussing on Ad360 Mobile Advertising Platform.

I like to think of us as creating mobile applications that people actually use, but we go much deeper than that.

This blog, however, is much more about my observations on the last frontier, the world of mobile technology. And anything else that crosses my path.


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No Train of Thought

Why can’t we get mobile networks that serve our rail links in the UK? I was in Glasgow for a while today, and took the short train journey over. Calls drop out for no apparent reason, tunnels don’t have repeaters, and hundreds of frustrated customers bemoan the inadequate service.

The rail link from London City to Stansted Airport is the same. Random drops and poor signal for no apparent reason all the way to the airport. Not impressive.

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4 Responses to “No Train of Thought”

  1. robin Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 10:23 am

    Similar topography in Denmark. Phone works all the time in my expeirence.

    But then, the Danes do have entire carriages dedicated to children/famlies with mini playgrounds, etc. so other passengers can travel in peace.

    Part of the answer is in the culture. Try this: get onto the people responsible for the Stanstead link and suggest that they get their act sorted out coverage-wise. See how far you get …

  2. Richard Marshall Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    It would hard enough to figure out who owns the track, let along call them!

    France has kids cars on some of the TGV services too. In the UK we’re just pleased to get a seat. How sad is that.

  3. Keith Says:
    February 17th, 2007 at 1:00 pm

    >hundreds of frustrated customers bemoan the inadequate service.

    Err.. Probably just as many relieved customers, Richard!

  4. Richard Marshall Says:
    February 18th, 2007 at 9:27 pm

    Well, they do have “silent” coaches! The problem of noise isn’t just phones, it’s families, loud music etc.

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