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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: End of year freeze (Re: Y2k silly season)
Hmmm... Will it get worse before it gets better? How many people got phones [cell|pcs] or pagers as gifts this year? And given that this is their first week of ownership will be beating them half silly? Just my .02 -ls- "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Having similar problems on the SprintPCS network, in the SF Bay Area. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > > Deepak Jain > > Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 2:33 PM > > > On 27 Dec 1999, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 27 December 1999, Deepak Jain wrote: > > > > Speaking of telephone style networks. Has anyone noticed > > significant > > > > degradation in their cell/pager coverage/performance over > > the last couple > > > > of weeks? > > > > > > What type of degradation? I haven't noticed any larger > > than normal problems. > > > > > > > Poor signal strength, unusually high number of fast busies > > when trying to > > reach local and long distance land lines. High delays in call > > processing, > > Higher than normal numbers of automatic redials on call-initiation. > > > > This in areas like Tyson's Corner, South Beach, New York City, and > > surrounding areas. > > > > >From a pager point of view, (Skytel is the easiest to pick > > on). Areas > > that should be 100% full service are showing up in sections as Basic > > service. Basic service areas are not delivering 100% of the > > pages until > > Full service is returned, etc. Same regions. Walking through > > normal Basic > > service areas are showing up as Storing messages (no tower > > connectivity). > > Essentially the same areas as above. > > > > > Many carriers have a end of year freeze on network changes. > > Although the > > > freeze has been planned for a long time, I notice it didn't > > stop sales > > > people from promising due dates during the freeze period. > > If you are > > > expecting to see new service turned up on Dec 31, I don't think your > > > odds are very good. > > > > > > Some of my friends at other carriers told me they had a big > > push to get a > > > lot of changes into their networks before December 23 to > > beat the freeze. > > > > > > > Maybe, I have been noticing it since about a week before Thanksgiving. > > > > Deepak Jain > > AiNET > >
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