POLL: How was your service during the blackout?

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"Smac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How was your carrier during the blackout?
>
> Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
>
> Verizon: Reliable
> Sprint: Very poor or no service
> Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
> source).
> Nextel: No service
> AT&T: ???
> T-Mobile: ???
>
> This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
> reports from Oakland county.
> What were your experiences?
>
> S
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"Smac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How was your carrier during the blackout?
>
> Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
>
> Verizon: Reliable
> Sprint: Very poor or no service
> Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
> source).
> Nextel: No service
> AT&T: ???
> T-Mobile: ???
>
> This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
> reports from Oakland county.
> What were your experiences?
>
> S
> --
> Remove your panties to reply

south-western connecticut...

I have cingular GSM and you could definitely tell that the system easily
became overloaded. I was not able to make a call out for quite awhile
although my luck at receiving calls was much higher. Couple people on
Tmobile called me - spose they didnt have as much trouble as i was having.

After about 4 or 5 hours the signal disappeared totally for any GSM network,
clearly their backup systems failed. As i drove home i passed through areas
that had coverage and others that were down. Gotta get generators!

ATTWS: Phone was able to detect a signal for several hours here in
Queens NY, but got the "system busy" tone and would try to re-dial.
By mid-evening, I got the "no service" display in the same location,
so I'm guessing that the cell in my area had some sort of back-up
emergency power that lasted a few hours before going completely dark,
or that ATTWS shut stuff down to protect their equipment/conserve
power during the restart. In any case, no call I tried to make to
anyone in the affected area or outside went through.

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:38:56 -0400, Smac
<[email protected]> wrote:

>How was your carrier during the blackout?
>
>Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
>
>Verizon: Reliable
>Sprint: Very poor or no service
>Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
>source).
>Nextel: No service
>AT&T: ???
>T-Mobile: ???
>
>This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
>reports from Oakland county.
>What were your experiences?
>
>S

south-western connecticut...

I have cingular GSM and you could definitely tell that the system easily
became overloaded. I was not able to make a call out for quite awhile
although my luck at receiving calls was much higher. Couple people on
Tmobile called me - spose they didnt have as much trouble as i was having.

After about 4 or 5 hours the signal disappeared totally for any GSM network,
clearly their backup systems failed. As i drove home i passed through areas
that had coverage and others that were down. Gotta get generators!

ATTWS: Phone was able to detect a signal for several hours here in
Queens NY, but got the "system busy" tone and would try to re-dial.
By mid-evening, I got the "no service" display in the same location,
so I'm guessing that the cell in my area had some sort of back-up
emergency power that lasted a few hours before going completely dark,
or that ATTWS shut stuff down to protect their equipment/conserve
power during the restart. In any case, no call I tried to make to
anyone in the affected area or outside went through.

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:38:56 -0400, Smac
<[email protected]> wrote:

>How was your carrier during the blackout?
>
>Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
>
>Verizon: Reliable
>Sprint: Very poor or no service
>Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
>source).
>Nextel: No service
>AT&T: ???
>T-Mobile: ???
>
>This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
>reports from Oakland county.
>What were your experiences?
>
>S

Didn't hear of any providers that worked except for Verizon. I have a
T-mobile phone and couldn't even connect a call until Late Friday
night (Downtown). Tmobile service in NYC has gone down considerably. I
will be switching to Verizon (unfortunately), but having a phone that
works in times like this is more important than any
gadget/feature/mobility. Sorry T-mobile PEACE



Smac <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> How was your carrier during the blackout?
>
> Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
>
> Verizon: Reliable
> Sprint: Very poor or no service
> Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
> source).
> Nextel: No service
> AT&T: ???
> T-Mobile: ???
>
> This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
> reports from Oakland county.
> What were your experiences?
>
> S

Didn't hear of any providers that worked except for Verizon. I have a
T-mobile phone and couldn't even connect a call until Late Friday
night (Downtown). Tmobile service in NYC has gone down considerably. I
will be switching to Verizon (unfortunately), but having a phone that
works in times like this is more important than any
gadget/feature/mobility. Sorry T-mobile PEACE



Smac <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> How was your carrier during the blackout?
>
> Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
>
> Verizon: Reliable
> Sprint: Very poor or no service
> Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
> source).
> Nextel: No service
> AT&T: ???
> T-Mobile: ???
>
> This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
> reports from Oakland county.
> What were your experiences?
>
> S

I was at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. If Northwest had gotten my flight
out on time, I would have been on my way to Phoenix. I had both Sprint
(personal) and Verizon (work) phones. Both weren't that great. I did
actually have a little better luck getting a connection with Sprint. It
took a couple attempts, but I at least was able to get a call through.
Verizon had maybe 1 out of 5 connection rate, with one major drop while
trying to talking to corporate travel. At least Sprint didn't drop once
connected. Then again, with some 3-4,000 people in a small area and
probably half of them trying to call out, not a big surprise overall.


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> ATTWS: Phone was able to detect a signal for several hours here in
> Queens NY, but got the "system busy" tone and would try to re-dial.
> By mid-evening, I got the "no service" display in the same location,
> so I'm guessing that the cell in my area had some sort of back-up
> emergency power that lasted a few hours before going completely dark,
> or that ATTWS shut stuff down to protect their equipment/conserve
> power during the restart. In any case, no call I tried to make to
> anyone in the affected area or outside went through.
>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:38:56 -0400, Smac
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >How was your carrier during the blackout?
> >
> >Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
> >
> >Verizon: Reliable
> >Sprint: Very poor or no service
> >Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
> >source).
> >Nextel: No service
> >AT&T: ???
> >T-Mobile: ???
> >
> >This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
> >reports from Oakland county.
> >What were your experiences?
> >
> >S
>

> Nextel: No service


...and remained so until Monday!


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I was at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. If Northwest had gotten my flight
out on time, I would have been on my way to Phoenix. I had both Sprint
(personal) and Verizon (work) phones. Both weren't that great. I did
actually have a little better luck getting a connection with Sprint. It
took a couple attempts, but I at least was able to get a call through.
Verizon had maybe 1 out of 5 connection rate, with one major drop while
trying to talking to corporate travel. At least Sprint didn't drop once
connected. Then again, with some 3-4,000 people in a small area and
probably half of them trying to call out, not a big surprise overall.


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> ATTWS: Phone was able to detect a signal for several hours here in
> Queens NY, but got the "system busy" tone and would try to re-dial.
> By mid-evening, I got the "no service" display in the same location,
> so I'm guessing that the cell in my area had some sort of back-up
> emergency power that lasted a few hours before going completely dark,
> or that ATTWS shut stuff down to protect their equipment/conserve
> power during the restart. In any case, no call I tried to make to
> anyone in the affected area or outside went through.
>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:38:56 -0400, Smac
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >How was your carrier during the blackout?
> >
> >Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
> >
> >Verizon: Reliable
> >Sprint: Very poor or no service
> >Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
> >source).
> >Nextel: No service
> >AT&T: ???
> >T-Mobile: ???
> >
> >This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
> >reports from Oakland county.
> >What were your experiences?
> >
> >S
>

> Nextel: No service


...and remained so until Monday!


--
Take care,

Mark & Mary Ann Weiss

VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION
Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm
Business sites at:
www.dv-clips.com
www.mwcomms.com
www.adventuresinanimemusic.com
-

Verizon and Cingular were both reliable as was AT&T (roaming from Cingular)
in the Golden Triangle that didn't lose power
(Brighton/Howell/Pinckney--Livingston Co.)


"Smac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How was your carrier during the blackout?
>
> Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
>
> Verizon: Reliable
> Sprint: Very poor or no service
> Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
> source).
> Nextel: No service
> AT&T: ???
> T-Mobile: ???
>
> This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
> reports from Oakland county.
> What were your experiences?
>
> S
> --
> Remove your panties to reply

Verizon and Cingular were both reliable as was AT&T (roaming from Cingular)
in the Golden Triangle that didn't lose power
(Brighton/Howell/Pinckney--Livingston Co.)


"Smac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How was your carrier during the blackout?
>
> Here in the northern suburbs of Detroit:
>
> Verizon: Reliable
> Sprint: Very poor or no service
> Cingular: Very poor or no service (second hand account from reliable
> source).
> Nextel: No service
> AT&T: ???
> T-Mobile: ???
>
> This was with some fairly extensive driving throughout Macomb County and
> reports from Oakland county.
> What were your experiences?
>
> S
> --
> Remove your panties to reply

Smac <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> How was your carrier during the blackout?

Verizon Wireless in Downtown Manhattan:

Service started off being ok. After the first few hours, I still had my
usual strong digital signal but had difficulty placing and receiving
calls. If I tried calling my cell phone from a landline, not only did
the cell phone not ring, I often didn't get forwarded to my voicemail
either. Other people were able to leave some voicemails, but the VM
indicator didn't show up until at least a day later. I tried switching
to analog, and got a weak signal that was unusable for making calls (but
this is typical of my experience trying to use analog in this area, even
on a normal day).

On Friday morning, with power restored to much of Downtown, the digital
signal indicator was 0 or 1 bars (i.e., much worse than Thursday night).
Still couldn't place or receive calls. I gave up and turned the phone
off, so I don't know if it got better during the day. By Saturday,
everything was fine.

Several people I know elsewhere in Manhattan have Sprint PCS. Thursday
evening, it took me over an hour to get through to them, calling
repeatedly from my landline. Once connected, they were experiencing a
higher than usual rate of dropped calls. So they weren't doing too well
either.

- David