Cell phones have been a staple of our culture for more than a decade, annoying pedestrians and your boring first date alike, but the MTA has just now decided that we should be able to use them underground.

It's been almost three years since the MTA approved the dangerous terroristic weapons on our platforms (and while we're stuck in a revolving turnstile), but it took them until a week ago to actually tell the phone company to begin implementing the program.

Luckily for us and unlucky for those of you think it's entirely appropriate to blab your entire life while packed into a small box with one hundred strangers, our phones won't work in tunnels. (Terrorism!) The MTA demanded the first wave of working stations within two years, with all 277 of the city's subway stops to be up and running by 2014.

Knowing the MTA, they won't even start on the first station's makeshift cell tower until after the final deadline. Keep reading to see Asylum's list of cell phone hot spots already in place, MTA incompetence be damned.

6 train at Canal Street: The uptown platform allows for strong signal strength, especially near the turnstiles.

1 train at Christopher Street: This station has service on parts of the uptown platform.

L train at First Avenue: If you stick close to the stairs on both sides of this East Village stop, you should be able to complete a call.

G, L trains at Metropolitan-Lorimer: There is a sweet spot on the Manhattan-bound L train platform, near the exit door where the front of the train would be.

A, B, C, D, E, 1, 2 trains at 59th St.-Columbus Circle: The uptown platform is always a great place to make a call, thanks to its proximity to the street and the fact that the 1 train never comes.

6 train at 28th Street: The downtown platform had full service last night. We know, because your mom was wearing a sign that said "full service."