Wireless Number Portability--Public Preparedness Guide

Wireless Number Portability--Public Preparedness Guide

Introduction
------------
On November 24th 2003, Wireless Number Portability (WNP) will be Implemented
in Major Metropolitan areas of the United States. Authorities have done
everything possible to ensure a smooth transition but there is the potential
for chaos. It is important that the public be well prepared for this event
and that they know how to protect themselves and their families. This is
bigger event than the opening of an Ikea store.


Know Your Sector
-------------------
Your sector is computed by adding the last four digits of your five digit
zip code to your three digit telephone area code, i.e. zip code 94303 and
area code 650 is sector 4953. Your neighborhood monitor may not allow you on
the street if you do not know your sector.


Police Command Posts
------------------------
Police command posts will be set up at major wireless carrier's stores. Do
not attempt to contact the command post by telephone. Dialing 911 is not
permitted during the first 21 days of WNP.


Emergency Siren Codes
-------------------------
All areas that are implementing WNP on 11/24/2004 have interconnected their
emergency sirens, which will be under the direct control of Michael Powell.
There are different combinations of three siren blasts that will be used to
communicate store status to the area.

Short-Short-Short Verizon has achieved 50% market share
Short-Short-Long AT&T has achieved 43% Subscriber Loss
Short-Long-Short Sprint has Declared Bankruptcy
Short-Long-Long Cingular has been Fined $25 Million for something or
other
Long-Short-Short Verizon has introduced a decent CDMA handset
Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon
Long-Long-Short AT&T will unlock world phones
Long-Long-Long Radio Shack has answered a question


Traffic Information
-------------------
All radio and television stations in affected areas will be providing round
the traffic information every eight minutes. Try to stay away from major
malls and shopping areas with multiple wireless stores.


Protect Your Property
-----------------------
All animals should be kept indoors during the first 21 days of WNP. Cover
all outdoor plants. Wrap exposed water pipes with foam and duct tape..


Stockpile
---------
Ensure that you have sufficient food and water to last ten days. Remember
food for your pets as well.


Eat Properly
-------------
Consume plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables during the first 21 days of
WNP. Limit your intake of animal products to four ounces per day.


Boil Drinking Water
--------------------
Do not drink tap water during the first 21 days of the WNP. Boil water for
three minutes. It is safe to bathe in tap water, but keep your mouth shut.


Be Prepared to Evacuate
-------------------------
Keep your gas tank full. Plan your escape routes. Consider alternate
transportation out of the area such as train, boat, or bicycle. Carry enough
provisions with you. Avoid bridges and tunnels.


Limit Your Use of the Wireless and Wired Voice Communication Systems
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The communications networks will be strained to capacity. Avoid unnecessary
use of your mobile phone and your land line phone. It is okay to use DSL and
cable modems.



Also at: http://nordicgroup.us/lnp/

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Hilarious! I wish SNL or MADTV made something out of this... i bet they
will.

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
| Wireless Number Portability--Public Preparedness Guide
|
| Introduction
| ------------
| On November 24th 2003, Wireless Number Portability (WNP) will be
Implemented
| in Major Metropolitan areas of the United States. Authorities have done
| everything possible to ensure a smooth transition but there is the
potential
| for chaos. It is important that the public be well prepared for this event
| and that they know how to protect themselves and their families. This is
| bigger event than the opening of an Ikea store.
|
|
| Know Your Sector
| -------------------
| Your sector is computed by adding the last four digits of your five digit
| zip code to your three digit telephone area code, i.e. zip code 94303 and
| area code 650 is sector 4953. Your neighborhood monitor may not allow you
on
| the street if you do not know your sector.
|
|
| Police Command Posts
| ------------------------
| Police command posts will be set up at major wireless carrier's stores. Do
| not attempt to contact the command post by telephone. Dialing 911 is not
| permitted during the first 21 days of WNP.
|
|
| Emergency Siren Codes
| -------------------------
| All areas that are implementing WNP on 11/24/2004 have interconnected
their
| emergency sirens, which will be under the direct control of Michael
Powell.
| There are different combinations of three siren blasts that will be used
to
| communicate store status to the area.
|
| Short-Short-Short Verizon has achieved 50% market share
| Short-Short-Long AT&T has achieved 43% Subscriber Loss
| Short-Long-Short Sprint has Declared Bankruptcy
| Short-Long-Long Cingular has been Fined $25 Million for something
or
| other
| Long-Short-Short Verizon has introduced a decent CDMA handset
| Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon
| Long-Long-Short AT&T will unlock world phones
| Long-Long-Long Radio Shack has answered a question
|
|
| Traffic Information
| -------------------
| All radio and television stations in affected areas will be providing
round
| the traffic information every eight minutes. Try to stay away from major
| malls and shopping areas with multiple wireless stores.
|
|
| Protect Your Property
| -----------------------
| All animals should be kept indoors during the first 21 days of WNP. Cover
| all outdoor plants. Wrap exposed water pipes with foam and duct tape..
|
|
| Stockpile
| ---------
| Ensure that you have sufficient food and water to last ten days. Remember
| food for your pets as well.
|
|
| Eat Properly
| -------------
| Consume plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables during the first 21 days of
| WNP. Limit your intake of animal products to four ounces per day.
|
|
| Boil Drinking Water
| --------------------
| Do not drink tap water during the first 21 days of the WNP. Boil water for
| three minutes. It is safe to bathe in tap water, but keep your mouth shut.
|
|
| Be Prepared to Evacuate
| -------------------------
| Keep your gas tank full. Plan your escape routes. Consider alternate
| transportation out of the area such as train, boat, or bicycle. Carry
enough
| provisions with you. Avoid bridges and tunnels.
|
|
| Limit Your Use of the Wireless and Wired Voice Communication Systems
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
| The communications networks will be strained to capacity. Avoid
unnecessary
| use of your mobile phone and your land line phone. It is okay to use DSL
and
| cable modems.
|
|
|
| Also at: http://nordicgroup.us/lnp/
|
|
|

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Wireless Number Portability--Public Preparedness Guide

Excellent.


> Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon

I believe that is also one of the signs of the Apocalypse...


Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday...
(WNP day, I mean- not that overrated Turkey one...)

Siren Blasts:

(Silent)- The user switched to Cingular but the call did not go through or
was dropped.


"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Wireless Number Portability--Public Preparedness Guide
>
> Excellent.
>
>
> > Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon
>
> I believe that is also one of the signs of the Apocalypse...
>
>
> Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday...
> (WNP day, I mean- not that overrated Turkey one...)
>
>
>

"Andy M --Tampa Bay--" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hilarious! I wish SNL or MADTV made something out of this... i bet they
> will.

You should have seen the preparation for the opening of Ikea in East Palo
Alto
a few months ago. There literally were police command posts set up on roads
leading to the store. All newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations did
stories
on the opening and how people should prepare. Residents near the store were
stockpiling food because of the fear that traffic gridlock would make it
impossible
to get out to grocery stores. Newspapers printed maps of the best routes in
and
out of the area, as well as advice on alternate routes that avoided the area
entirely. Traffic helicopters hovered over the major roads leading to the
store,
reporting on the status of the parking garage. Nearby stores hired private
security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.

fortunately we don't have an ikea store in tampa, fl.

but we do have a lot of good strip clubs ;-)

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
|
| "Andy M --Tampa Bay--" <[email protected]> wrote in message
| news:[email protected]...
| > Hilarious! I wish SNL or MADTV made something out of this... i bet they
| > will.
|
| You should have seen the preparation for the opening of Ikea in East Palo
| Alto
| a few months ago. There literally were police command posts set up on
roads
| leading to the store. All newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations did
| stories
| on the opening and how people should prepare. Residents near the store
were
| stockpiling food because of the fear that traffic gridlock would make it
| impossible
| to get out to grocery stores. Newspapers printed maps of the best routes
in
| and
| out of the area, as well as advice on alternate routes that avoided the
area
| entirely. Traffic helicopters hovered over the major roads leading to the
| store,
| reporting on the status of the parking garage. Nearby stores hired private
| security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.
|
|
|

(Silent) The user switched from Nextel to Verizon Wireless. He says,
"Can you hear me now?" but he gets no response.

Trimodeman wrote:
> Siren Blasts:
>
> (Silent)- The user switched to Cingular but the call did not go through or
> was dropped.
>
>
> "Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Wireless Number Portability--Public Preparedness Guide
>>
>>Excellent.
>>
>>
>>
>>>Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon
>>
>>I believe that is also one of the signs of the Apocalypse...
>>
>>
>>Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday...
>>(WNP day, I mean- not that overrated Turkey one...)
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

"Trimodeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Siren Blasts:
>
> (Silent)- The user switched to Cingular but the call did not go through or
> was dropped.
>
> >
> >

Switched TO Cingular? Who in their right mind would do that? Everyone
I know that has Cingular is running to the nearest Verizon store come
Monday, including me.

I'm in the old BellSouth Mobility DCS service area, which is GSM.

*Michael Notforyou*

That was the whole point!
"Michael Notforyou" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Trimodeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Siren Blasts:
> >
> > (Silent)- The user switched to Cingular but the call did not go through
or
> > was dropped.
> >
> > >
> > >
>
> Switched TO Cingular? Who in their right mind would do that? Everyone
> I know that has Cingular is running to the nearest Verizon store come
> Monday, including me.
>
> I'm in the old BellSouth Mobility DCS service area, which is GSM.
>
> *Michael Notforyou*

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:28:54 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
<[email protected]> posted in alt.cellular.verizon:

>You should have seen the preparation for the opening of Ikea in East Palo Alto
>a few months ago. There literally were police command posts set up on roads
>leading to the store. All newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations did stories
>on the opening and how people should prepare. Residents near the store were
>stockpiling food because of the fear that traffic gridlock would make it impossible
>to get out to grocery stores. Newspapers printed maps of the best routes in and
>out of the area, as well as advice on alternate routes that avoided the area
>entirely. Traffic helicopters hovered over the major roads leading to the store,
>reporting on the status of the parking garage. Nearby stores hired private
>security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.

And here on Long Island, no one notices when a new store opens. A
0.01% increase in traffic isn't a big thing.

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> Nearby stores hired private
> security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.

Off topic, but...

As a former retail store owner, I'm always surprised at the stupidity
of shopkeepers. Why would you not allow those Ikea shoppers to park
in your lot? Best case scenario, they might notice/stop into your
store at some point in their shopping frenzy (perhaps preferring to
window shop awhile than to fight gridlock!), worse case scenario they
don't bother, but you can hit their car with a flyer or leaflet
advertising a great deal at your place while they're shopping. Many
of these folks will have ventured to the Ikea opening from well
outside their normal trade area and will likely return to Ikea in the
future, and the local merchants have acccess to these people and their
wallets for the first time! Instead of making a good first
impression, they are the bastards who forced you to walk an extra six
blocks! Arrgh!

When I used to own a Cingular (indirect) store, the management of our
plaza approached me and told me another cellular dealer wanted to move
in, but my lease gave me a right to refuse a direct competitor.
'Bring 'em on!' I told them- I was confident my product was as good or
better than anyone's, and having the competition close would actually
help- most wireless customers (smartly) don't want to commit to a
contract before checking out all the carriers. I fifured the more in
my plaza the better- if the customer could check everyone out wit out
getting back in the car, the more likely I'd hook them. If the leave
to check out the competition, there's no guarantee that if they
eventually chose Cingular that they'd come back to me instead of the
next Cingular store they drove by.

"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
>
> > Nearby stores hired private
> > security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.
>
> Off topic, but...
>
> As a former retail store owner, I'm always surprised at the stupidity
> of shopkeepers. Why would you not allow those Ikea shoppers to park
> in your lot?

The reason was that the massive number of Ikea customers would fill every
space, leaving no parking for their regular customers.

On 23 Nov 2003 22:15:33 -0800, [email protected] (Todd Allcock)
wrote:

>As a former retail store owner, I'm always surprised at the stupidity
>of shopkeepers. Why would you not allow those Ikea shoppers to park
>in your lot?

Because someone going to your store to purchase from your store will
be unable to park, and hence, probably go somewhere else. You loose
business.

>Best case scenario, they might notice/stop into your
>store at some point in their shopping frenzy (perhaps preferring to
>window shop awhile than to fight gridlock!), worse case scenario they
>don't bother,

And they park for free at your store. Loose / Loose situation.

>but you can hit their car with a flyer or leaflet
>advertising a great deal at your place while they're shopping.

I will NEVER give my business to a company that 'leaflets' cars.
Annoys the hell out of me - and then half of them end up being on the
ground. And someone has to clean them up.
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.

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

In <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Nov 2003
15:58:19 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon

Not terribly likely, given the crappy coverage in this area, but you keep on
hoping, Steven.

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

In article <[email protected]>,
John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:

> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Nov 2003
> 15:58:19 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon
>
> Not terribly likely, given the crappy coverage in this area, but you keep on
> hoping, Steven.


Is Dublin one of the top 100 markets? Or do you combine it with
Pleasanton to get into the top 1000 markets?