New York City 5 boros - Which cell phones worked

I have 2 phones T-Mobile and Verizon. I live in Queens, NYC.
Immediatlty after the blackout all phones were normal. But by 10 minutes
into it only my Verizon was working. The T-Mobile was not even
sending/receving messages till 22 hours into the blackout.

My friend in Manhattan has Nextel and Sprint. Calls to Nextel are not going
thru even now. Sprint worked 4 hours after the blackout.

What were your experiences? Also state where you faced difficultly i.e.
Queens. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx or Staten Island.

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On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:05:03 GMT, Roopinder Randhawa wrote:

> I have 2 phones T-Mobile and Verizon. I live in Queens, NYC.
> Immediatlty after the blackout all phones were normal. But by 10 minutes
> into it only my Verizon was working. The T-Mobile was not even
> sending/receving messages till 22 hours into the blackout.
>
> My friend in Manhattan has Nextel and Sprint. Calls to Nextel are not going
> thru even now. Sprint worked 4 hours after the blackout.
>
> What were your experiences? Also state where you faced difficultly i.e.
> Queens. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx or Staten Island.

Nextel PTT worked the entire time.

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8/16/2003 8:45:30 AM

Around NYC and surrounding areas Nextel worked the whole time...no
problems ATT worked well too however vzn and sprint had and still have
the problems.

"Roopinder Randhawa" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<zdo%[email protected]>:
> I have 2 phones T-Mobile and Verizon. I live in Queens, NYC.
> Immediatlty after the blackout all phones were normal. But by 10 minutes
> into it only my Verizon was working. The T-Mobile was not even
> sending/receving messages till 22 hours into the blackout.
>
> My friend in Manhattan has Nextel and Sprint. Calls to Nextel are not going
> thru even now. Sprint worked 4 hours after the blackout.
>
> What were your experiences? Also state where you faced difficultly i.e.
> Queens. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx or Staten Island.
>
>

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Edited to CORRECT top posts

> > "Roopinder Randhawa" wrote
> >
> > I have 2 phones T-Mobile and Verizon. I live in Queens, NYC.
> > Immediatlty after the blackout all phones were normal. But by 10 minutes
> > into it only my Verizon was working. The T-Mobile was not even
> > sending/receving messages till 22 hours into the blackout.
> >
> > My friend in Manhattan has Nextel and Sprint. Calls to Nextel are not
going
> > thru even now. Sprint worked 4 hours after the blackout.
> >
> > What were your experiences? Also state where you faced difficultly i.e.
> > Queens. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx or Staten Island.
> >
> >
"CCCC1 1CCCC" wrote
> Around NYC and surrounding areas Nextel worked the whole time...no
> problems ATT worked well too however vzn and sprint had and still have
> the problems.
>
And WE',the vealots are the ones spreading mis-information?

From an e-mail news release dated July 15th, 2003

Update - as of 4:30 p.m. ET: Verizon Wireless Reports Normal Call Volumes;
Encourages Customers to Continue Using Service

Media Contact Info
Andrea Linskey
[email protected]
908-306-7845

Jeffrey Nelson
[email protected]
908-306-4824

Brenda Raney
[email protected]
908-306-4834

Nancy Stark
[email protected]
908-306-6762

Brian Wood
[email protected]
908-306-7901


08/15/2003

BEDMINSTER, NJ - Verizon Wireless reports that call volumes on its
nationwide network are normal and customer calls and text messages continue
to go through.
In the power-affected areas of the 5 boroughs of New York City, Detroit and
Cleveland:
VERIZON WIRELESS ENCOURAGES CUSTOMERS TO MAKE CALLS AND SEND TEXT MESSAGES.
Any isolated service outages that remain, due to cell sites exceeding
back-up power, continue to be resolved as commercial power is restored. All
switches continue to be working and processing calls.
The company's retail stores are all open for business, except for a handful
in areas where commercial power is not yet restored.
Customer service is operating normally

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GandalfSC
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Scanned by Norton Anti-Virus
And deemed herewith Virus Free

GandalfSC first hand truth from users of each cellular company named is
not good enough for you. Nervous Vealots.... TRUTH VEALOT! THE Truth!
accept if you want or bs your way into making yourself feel better...
typical vealot way.... SAD Loser

"GandalfSC" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<EWx%[email protected]>:
> Edited to CORRECT top posts
>
> > > "Roopinder Randhawa" wrote
> > >
> > > I have 2 phones T-Mobile and Verizon. I live in Queens, NYC.
> > > Immediatlty after the blackout all phones were normal. But by 10 minutes
> > > into it only my Verizon was working. The T-Mobile was not even
> > > sending/receving messages till 22 hours into the blackout.
> > >
> > > My friend in Manhattan has Nextel and Sprint. Calls to Nextel are not
> going
> > > thru even now. Sprint worked 4 hours after the blackout.
> > >
> > > What were your experiences? Also state where you faced difficultly i.e.
> > > Queens. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx or Staten Island.
> > >
> > >
> "CCCC1 1CCCC" wrote
> > Around NYC and surrounding areas Nextel worked the whole time...no
> > problems ATT worked well too however vzn and sprint had and still have
> > the problems.
> >
> And WE',the vealots are the ones spreading mis-information?
>
> From an e-mail news release dated July 15th, 2003
>
> Update - as of 4:30 p.m. ET: Verizon Wireless Reports Normal Call Volumes;
> Encourages Customers to Continue Using Service
>
> Media Contact Info
> Andrea Linskey
> [email protected]
> 908-306-7845
>
> Jeffrey Nelson
> [email protected]
> 908-306-4824
>
> Brenda Raney
> [email protected]
> 908-306-4834
>
> Nancy Stark
> [email protected]
> 908-306-6762
>
> Brian Wood
> [email protected]
> 908-306-7901
>
>
> 08/15/2003
>
> BEDMINSTER, NJ - Verizon Wireless reports that call volumes on its
> nationwide network are normal and customer calls and text messages continue
> to go through.
> In the power-affected areas of the 5 boroughs of New York City, Detroit and
> Cleveland:
> VERIZON WIRELESS ENCOURAGES CUSTOMERS TO MAKE CALLS AND SEND TEXT MESSAGES.
> Any isolated service outages that remain, due to cell sites exceeding
> back-up power, continue to be resolved as commercial power is restored. All
> switches continue to be working and processing calls.
> The company's retail stores are all open for business, except for a handful
> in areas where commercial power is not yet restored.
> Customer service is operating normally
>
> --
> GandalfSC
> --
> Scanned by Norton Anti-Virus
> And deemed herewith Virus Free
>
>
>

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