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- 10-30-2003, 08:32 AM #1FrederickGuest
You know it's times like these that make me glad to be a Cingular
customer
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless joins millions
in expressing sympathy to everyone impacted by the ongoing fires in
Southern California.
Cingular's top concern is ensuring that its customers in these regions
have continued wireless service to keep them informed, safe and in
touch with family, friends and colleagues. Cingular employees are
volunteering in shifts at local evacuation centers.
In addition, Cingular is working to donate approximately 1,100 phones
-- each phone includes $500 of prepaid airtime -- to the evacuation
centers and the American Red Cross chapters in the fire-affected
regions.
Although the fires have affected certain cell sites in the Los Angeles
and San Diego areas, Cingular's number-one priority has been to
restore these sites to full capacity as quickly and safely as
possible.
Less than 1% of Cingular's sites in San Diego and in the Los Angeles
areas are currently impacted by these fires. Service restoration
efforts have brought almost 80% of the overall impacted cell sites
back on-line. Those sites that have not been restored are in areas
currently inaccessible due to safety concerns or have been destroyed
and are being rebuilt.
Cingular has deployed 25 back-up generators to augment commercial
power losses at cell sites, and the company has deployed mobile
wireless facilities called "cellular on wheels" or "COWs" and has more
available if needed. Employees are monitoring the network
round-the-clock.
Cingular suggests that customers limit calls to emergency/family
contacts during these busy cell phone usage times. In addition, we
recommend sending SMS messages as another method of communicating to
family members. This will help free up the network, so that emergency
personnel and 911 users can communicate without delay.
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- 10-30-2003, 11:02 AM #2Eddie HaskelGuest
Re: Cingular and the California Fires
While it *LOOKS* good in print (and I don't beleive half of it) it still
doesnt excuse them from being one of the WORST providers in Southern Calif.
Cingular (CHINGAULAR) is still a "Bottom-Feeder" as far as a cellular
provider in this area...Eddie
"Frederick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You know it's times like these that make me glad to be a Cingular
> customer <CHINGAULAR LOVES YOU FRED>
>
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> LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless joins millions
> in expressing sympathy to everyone impacted by the ongoing fires in
> Southern California.
> Cingular's top concern is ensuring that its customers in these regions
> have continued wireless service to keep them informed, safe and in
> touch with family, friends and colleagues. Cingular employees are
> volunteering in shifts at local evacuation centers.
>
> In addition, Cingular is working to donate approximately 1,100 phones
> -- each phone includes $500 of prepaid airtime -- to the evacuation
> centers and the American Red Cross chapters in the fire-affected
> regions.
> LETS ASK THE RED CROSS HOW WELL THEY WORKED
> Although the fires have affected certain cell sites in the Los Angeles
> and San Diego areas, Cingular's number-one priority has been to
> restore these sites to full capacity as quickly and safely as
> possible.
> <USUALL PR BULL****>
> Less than 1% of Cingular's sites in San Diego and in the Los Angeles
> areas are currently impacted by these fires.<BECAUSE CHINGAULAR DOESNT
HAVE ANY SITES THERE>
> Service restoration efforts have brought almost 80% of the overall
impacted cell sites
> back on-line.<THANKS TO THE LOCAL POWER COMPANIES>
> Those sites that have not been restored are in areas
> currently inaccessible due to safety concerns or have been destroyed
> and are being rebuilt.
>
> Cingular has deployed 25 back-up generators to augment commercial
> power losses at cell sites,<WHY WERNT THEY EQUIPPED WITH GENSETS TO BEGIN
WITH?>
> and the company has deployed mobile
> wireless facilities called "cellular on wheels" or "COWs" and has more
> available if needed. Employees are monitoring the network
> round-the-clock.
>
> Cingular suggests that customers limit calls to emergency/family
> contacts during these busy cell phone usage times. In addition, we
> recommend sending SMS messages as another method of communicating to
> family members. This will help free up the network, so that emergency
> personnel and 911 users can communicate without delay.
>
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- 10-30-2003, 06:50 PM #3JamesGuest
Re: Cingular and the California Fires
Continued wireless service is easy when the coverage in these mountain areas
was hardly there to begin with. Its hard to lose whats not there.
"Eddie Haskel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> While it *LOOKS* good in print (and I don't beleive half of it) it still
> doesnt excuse them from being one of the WORST providers in Southern
Calif.
> Cingular (CHINGAULAR) is still a "Bottom-Feeder" as far as a cellular
> provider in this area...Eddie
> "Frederick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > You know it's times like these that make me glad to be a Cingular
> > customer <CHINGAULAR LOVES YOU FRED>
> >
>
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> > LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless joins millions
> > in expressing sympathy to everyone impacted by the ongoing fires in
> > Southern California.
> > Cingular's top concern is ensuring that its customers in these regions
> > have continued wireless service to keep them informed, safe and in
> > touch with family, friends and colleagues. Cingular employees are
> > volunteering in shifts at local evacuation centers.
> >
> > In addition, Cingular is working to donate approximately 1,100 phones
> > -- each phone includes $500 of prepaid airtime -- to the evacuation
> > centers and the American Red Cross chapters in the fire-affected
> > regions.
> > LETS ASK THE RED CROSS HOW WELL THEY WORKED
>
> > Although the fires have affected certain cell sites in the Los Angeles
> > and San Diego areas, Cingular's number-one priority has been to
> > restore these sites to full capacity as quickly and safely as
> > possible.
> > <USUALL PR BULL****>
> > Less than 1% of Cingular's sites in San Diego and in the Los Angeles
> > areas are currently impacted by these fires.<BECAUSE CHINGAULAR DOESNT
> HAVE ANY SITES THERE>
> > Service restoration efforts have brought almost 80% of the overall
> impacted cell sites
> > back on-line.<THANKS TO THE LOCAL POWER COMPANIES>
> > Those sites that have not been restored are in areas
> > currently inaccessible due to safety concerns or have been destroyed
> > and are being rebuilt.
> >
> > Cingular has deployed 25 back-up generators to augment commercial
> > power losses at cell sites,<WHY WERNT THEY EQUIPPED WITH GENSETS TO
BEGIN
> WITH?>
> > and the company has deployed mobile
> > wireless facilities called "cellular on wheels" or "COWs" and has more
> > available if needed. Employees are monitoring the network
> > round-the-clock.
> >
> > Cingular suggests that customers limit calls to emergency/family
> > contacts during these busy cell phone usage times. In addition, we
> > recommend sending SMS messages as another method of communicating to
> > family members. This will help free up the network, so that emergency
> > personnel and 911 users can communicate without delay.
> >
>
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>
>
- 10-30-2003, 11:34 PM #4Todd AllcockGuest
Re: Cingular and the California Fires
"Eddie Haskel" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> While it *LOOKS* good in print (and I don't beleive half of it)
Oh for crissakes! If Cingular gave you $1,000,000 you'd complain the
bills were the wrong denomination!
- 10-31-2003, 08:53 AM #5FrederickGuest
Re: Cingular and the California Fires
I agree. Why would Cingular donate all these phones and all this
service, as well as their employees donating their time if there was
no service there. Just because you have a bad experience with Cingular
doesn't mean EVERYONE DOES.
I get great reception at my house, but I was recently at a clients
home 1 mile away, and my service sucked. It's not the company it the
area we are in.
[email protected] (Todd Allcock) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "Eddie Haskel" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > While it *LOOKS* good in print (and I don't beleive half of it)
>
> Oh for crissakes! If Cingular gave you $1,000,000 you'd complain the
> bills were the wrong denomination!
- 10-31-2003, 08:18 PM #6JerGuest
Re: Cingular and the California Fires
Frederick wrote:
> I agree. Why would Cingular donate all these phones and all this
> service, as well as their employees donating their time if there was
> no service there. Just because you have a bad experience with Cingular
> doesn't mean EVERYONE DOES.
Good point. I suppose all those westbound generators being towed by
vans with the Cingular logos were intended to provide power for the
donut bakery and a couple of coffee pots.
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