sprint outage

During the entire time of the Sprint outage I was on a phone call from my
home phone using Sprint Long Distance from Laguna Niguel CA to Boulder
Colorado without any problems. I checked my cell phone (voice and vision)
several times and everything was fine. Cell phone service never went down
here is Laguna Niguel California.


"Mack61281" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am in Bellingham Washington (North Central Washington) and we've been
> down here since about 12:30. I have one phone for work and one for
> personal use and neither works. I can't even call the local sprint
> store from a LAN line, they probably have Sprint Service lol. I called
> Nextel though and they said there is some node that crashed in Seattle
> causing like half the West coast to be out of service. Last I heard it
> would come back up at around 2:30 but its 4 now and still no service
> so...
>

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Mack61281 wrote:
> I am in Bellingham Washington (North Central Washington) and we've been
> down here since about 12:30. I have one phone for work and one for
> personal use and neither works. I can't even call the local sprint
> store from a LAN line, they probably have Sprint Service lol. I called
> Nextel though and they said there is some node that crashed in Seattle

A crashed "node" would be isolated and a spare unit switched in
to replace it, in a robust Telecom system.
This "outage" sounds like a weekend "upgrade" that wasn't fully tested
in the lab.

JG
google shows ONE US news report so far.

You can check for outages on www.sprintpcsinfo.com

National outages are currently being experienced due to fiber failure. Some
areas can make calls, others cannot receive calls. The reach of this issue
is still being investigated, but currently affects customers in California,
Wisconsin, Indiana and Oregon.
from the website.

The first official news on the
outage....http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10780286/

Mij Adyaw wrote:
> I am in SoCal and everything is working fine here.
>
> "anthony anon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:2006010914011816807-anthony@anoncom...
>> any eta on the network outage her on the west coast?


Sprint had a major outage - voice and data - due to mudslides in Northern
Cali. Not sure whether "voice" means "POTS/LD and wireless" or "just POTS/LD".


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[email protected] wrote:
> anthony anon wrote:
>> any eta on the network outage her on the west coast?
>
> Software upgrades are typically installed during the weekend, and the
> "weak" spots
> are "stressed" on Mondays.
>
> United Airlines had a reservation system "mishap" last week on the
> Tuesday after
> the Monday New Years Holiday Observance.

Would you care to actually answer the question that was asked, jerkoff?


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I'm in Orange County, CA (city of Orange) and the network was down for
hours here. No voice, internet, texts and even my DSL service was
terribly slow. It was all finally back on at about 3:30PM PT.

see Sprints response to my inquiries below....


Thank you for contacting Sprint together with Nextel. I will be happy
to assist you regarding the services.

Please accept my sincere apologies for the inconvenience you have
experienced while accessing our services.

Sprint together with Nextel is currently being upgraded to provide you
with a better customer experience. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Our technical experts are working overtime to complete the upgrade
process.

In order to enhance our customer's wireless experience, we are making
modifications to our servers at this time. I sincerely apologize for
the
inconvenience this has caused you. There are some technical discrepancy

for some time due to regular maintenance and constant updates which
might have slowed down our servers. We assure you that this technical
issue will be resolved very soon as our technical experts are working
very hard to provide you the best wireless service.

However, I am applying a credit to your account as a humble token
of service that I can do to respect your long association with Sprint.

This credit will be adjusted against your next month's invoice and will

be reflected under the heading "Other Credits and Adjustments".

This is just a small compensation from our side against the
inconvenience caused. I would also ensure that this kind of incidence
will never happen in the future as I have forwarded your feedback to
the
higher authorities , who will be taking a serious note on this serious
matter.

I would also suggest you to try power cycle your handset.

I am thankful to you for your cooperation and understanding in this
matter.

We are committed to providing you the highest level of service and It's

a pleasure to assist you.

Thanks and have a very great day.

E-Care
Sprint together with Nextel
"Where our customers come first!"

Smiling Wickedly, [email protected] answered:
> I am in Seattle and it doesn't work with the new Samsung A840 i just
> got.... But my boss's old Sprint phone worked when I told him to
> try... ???
>
>
Thats funny, I am now using a Samsung MM-a900 (Blade) and it has worked
FINE all day. I'm around seattle (Everett). Now, I wasn't constantly
using it, I I used it periodically throughout the day, and never had a
problem.
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"Michael Arends" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Smiling Wickedly, [email protected] answered:
>> I am in Seattle and it doesn't work with the new Samsung A840 i just
>> got.... But my boss's old Sprint phone worked when I told him to
>> try... ???
>>
>>
> Thats funny, I am now using a Samsung MM-a900 (Blade) and it has worked
> FINE all day. I'm around seattle (Everett). Now, I wasn't constantly
> using it, I I used it periodically throughout the day, and never had a
> problem.

Hey Michael- how do you like the phone?

Smiling Wickedly, Scott answered:
> "Michael Arends" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Smiling Wickedly, [email protected] answered:
>>
>>>I am in Seattle and it doesn't work with the new Samsung A840 i just
>>>got.... But my boss's old Sprint phone worked when I told him to
>>>try... ???
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Thats funny, I am now using a Samsung MM-a900 (Blade) and it has worked
>>FINE all day. I'm around seattle (Everett). Now, I wasn't constantly
>>using it, I I used it periodically throughout the day, and never had a
>>problem.
>
>
> Hey Michael- how do you like the phone?
>
>
Love it. I have never really looked at a Razor, Thats not why I bought
it, But the form is very slim and nice. The sound (on MINE at least) is
very good, and I like all the features. I've been off contract for close
to 1 & 1/2 years now, so I paid full price because I didn't want to
re-up my contract. I was able to switch to Power vision from the old
vision No problem.Nice solid feel to the phone too.

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"Michael Arends" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Smiling Wickedly, Scott answered:
>> "Michael Arends" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Smiling Wickedly, [email protected] answered:
>>>
>>>>I am in Seattle and it doesn't work with the new Samsung A840 i just
>>>>got.... But my boss's old Sprint phone worked when I told him to
>>>>try... ???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Thats funny, I am now using a Samsung MM-a900 (Blade) and it has worked
>>>FINE all day. I'm around seattle (Everett). Now, I wasn't constantly
>>>using it, I I used it periodically throughout the day, and never had a
>>>problem.
>>
>>
>> Hey Michael- how do you like the phone?
>>
>>
> Love it. I have never really looked at a Razor, Thats not why I bought
> it, But the form is very slim and nice. The sound (on MINE at least) is
> very good, and I like all the features. I've been off contract for close
> to 1 & 1/2 years now, so I paid full price because I didn't want to
> re-up my contract. I was able to switch to Power vision from the old
> vision No problem.Nice solid feel to the phone too.
>

Cool. I've been thinking about getting a Sprint phone and the Blade looked
like it might fit my needs. I want something small and solid. Thanks for
the info.

Paul Miner wrote:
> On 9 Jan 2006 16:07:48 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I'm in Seattle/Bellevue area. The entire Sprint network has been down
>> since about 11:30am (it's now almost 4pm here). For the store, this
>> means their cell phones, landlines, and Internet access are all down.
>> The store employees had no idea what caused the outage, and no idea how
>> long it will last. (There is no way for Sprint Inc to reach them,
>> since they are dependent on their own "service.")
>>
>> Customers have been streaming into the store, asking about it -- no
>> information is available. I'm amazed Sprint has been able to keep this
>> off the headlines of CNN etc. It's stock was rising before this, now it
>> seems to be plummeting.
>
> Nominated for silliest post of 2006. Granted, the year is young, but
> what is this BS about the stock price being affected by a broken fiber
> optic cable? Hilarious. :-)

http://news.com.com/Sprint+Nextel+su...l?tag=nefd.top

Bad flooding in Reno caused Sprint to re-route voice and data traffic to
Phoenix, so Phoenix had heavy traffic to begin with. Then we ended up with
the fiber cut...




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I really like the look of the phone, however, I am concerned about the
battery life. What do you experience regarding battery life? How much talk
time? Does it really drain the battery to use PowerVision?

"Michael Arends" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Smiling Wickedly, Scott answered:
>> "Michael Arends" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Smiling Wickedly, [email protected] answered:
>>>
>>>>I am in Seattle and it doesn't work with the new Samsung A840 i just
>>>>got.... But my boss's old Sprint phone worked when I told him to
>>>>try... ???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Thats funny, I am now using a Samsung MM-a900 (Blade) and it has worked
>>>FINE all day. I'm around seattle (Everett). Now, I wasn't constantly
>>>using it, I I used it periodically throughout the day, and never had a
>>>problem.
>>
>>
>> Hey Michael- how do you like the phone?
>>
>>
> Love it. I have never really looked at a Razor, Thats not why I bought
> it, But the form is very slim and nice. The sound (on MINE at least) is
> very good, and I like all the features. I've been off contract for close
> to 1 & 1/2 years now, so I paid full price because I didn't want to
> re-up my contract. I was able to switch to Power vision from the old
> vision No problem.Nice solid feel to the phone too.
>
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