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  1. #16
    Tropical Haven
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    Re: Can Cingular handle emergency loads?

    > Coincidence? I hope. And maybe I'm being paranoid, but I'm worried that Cingular and all the other providers have been selling
    > phones and plans with reckless abandon without providing sufficient capacity for emergencies.
    >
    > AM I being paranoid? If we had a minor or major emergency would cell service get so overloaded that it would stop working in many
    > areas? Is there any govt authority that is overseeing this or are we in a free market? Cause if the latter, since cell phones for
    > some folks are only means of communication, we are gonna be in a mess some day.


    Well, I can't speak for everyone everywhere, but during Hurricane Season
    2004, in Central Florida, I had absolutely no problems with my Cingular
    service. We had legal "lockdown" three times where I live. Of course,
    I wasn't jabbing on the phone to wear out the battery as fast as I
    could, but signal was strong and constant. Verizon Wireline was down
    for over two weeks where we live...but I've heard Verizon has a pattern
    of being down here.

    TH





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  2. #17
    SneakerFreak
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    Re: Can Cingular handle emergency loads?




    On 1/19/05 4:51 PM, in article
    [email protected], "N Hamilton"
    <no_spamham@no_spamnc.rr.com> wrote:

    > We had a small snow fall in Raleigh area today and with folks getting off work
    > early and schools letting out early, Cingular's cell
    > service basically stopped for 2 hours.


    Same thing happened on Verizon during a pile-up on the highway last
    summer.

    > Coincidence? I hope. And maybe I'm being paranoid, but I'm worried that
    > Cingular and all the other providers have been selling
    > phones and plans with reckless abandon without providing sufficient capacity
    > for emergencies.


    Of course they all are. You don't think all 46 million of us can be
    talking at the same time, do you? Or all the 41 million Verizon customers.

    > AM I being paranoid? If we had a minor or major emergency would cell service
    > get so overloaded that it would stop working in many
    > areas? Is there any govt authority that is overseeing this or are we in a free
    > market? Cause if the latter, since cell phones for
    > some folks are only means of communication, we are gonna be in a mess some
    > day.


    What did we do before cell phones? Hint: Nothing. Another hint: Always
    have a backup.




  3. #18
    Tropical Haven
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    Re: Can Cingular handle emergency loads?



    Ralph Blach wrote:
    > In a direct answer to your question, Cingular said no.
    >
    > see article
    >
    > http://www.wral.com/news/4112661/detail.html
    >
    > Both verizon and Cingular admit they do NOT have the capacity to
    > cover these kinds of condition. Furthermore they state they have NO
    > intention of building it out.


    I didn't see any mention of Cingular in that article. I noticed a
    mention of BellSouth, then later a mention of "the same goes for
    wireless networks." I would assume that the BellSouth wirelines were
    overloaded (in reference to that article).




  4. #19
    bamp
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    Re: Can Cingular handle emergency loads?


    "Paw-Paw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >
    > "Ralph Blach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >> No, to get a tech liscense, you do not have to take a code test.
    >>
    >> To get a general and extra, you just have to pass a 5 wpm liscense,
    >> which is not to hard. Ham sure comes in handy when the cell phones
    >> get overloaded.
    >>
    >> Chip
    >>
    >> bamp wrote:
    >>> "Ralph Blach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >>> news:[email protected]...
    >>>
    >>>>H''mmmmm my ham radio and did not go down,
    >>>>
    >>>>The 442.150 and other repeaters with phone pacthes were up in the
    >>>>Raleigh area.
    >>>>
    >>>>Get a tech liscense and a handy talkie for these situations
    >>>>
    >>>>Works great. I am a cingular customer and noticed no problems in the
    >>>>triangle area.
    >>>>
    >>>>Chip
    >>>>KF4WBK
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>> Do you still have to know code to take the tests? I had a Tech license
    >>> years ago and would like to get one again.
    >>>
    >>> Surely I could pass theory, I have a commerical general radiotelephone
    >>> license now.
    >>>
    >>> bamp
    >>> old expired call WA5TZG

    >
    > You have prob. already passed the 5WPM code test- if you have some proof
    > you can show the VE, you can take all the writen test, all the way through
    > Extra :-)


    WOW!! thanks, I've still got my old license.

    bamp





  5. #20
    John Navas
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    Re: Can Cingular handle emergency loads?

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Fri, 21 Jan
    2005 01:15:14 GMT, "JohnF" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >I'm not sure how "underutilized" the ham bands are


    Then you must not be paying much attention.

    >but it's "free" because
    >having working ham stations in place is the last best way to get
    >communications out of a disaster area when all else fails.


    The spectrum is actually free as a matter of historic public policy that had
    little or nothing to do with disaster communications.

    >It also happens to be a very rewarding hobby. ...


    It can be. I no longer have time for it.

    >Navas, is there anything you won't argue about? It just makes you come
    >across as an idiot. If you know nothing about a topic you're not required to
    >respond to it. Just move on. Just because you "created" this newsgroup
    >doesn't require you to make an asinine comment on every thread.


    That you disagree with many of my opinions is no call for a rude personal
    attack.

    >No need to respond to this since you're in my kill file and I probably won't
    >see it anyway unless someone else quotes it in their response.


    How childish.

    --
    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



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