[RTC List] Cell phone service and fiber cable

[Tina Nerat]

We were driving back from SF yesterday. Gregg Foster had warned me in a
voice mail about service issues, and sure enough, we saw ATT bucket
trucks next to a burned building north of Willits. 

 

Remember, most of the cell phone companies must use ATT to backhaul
their traffic out of here to their switches and networks. I have Edge
and found that it worked here locally only if I put in the area code - I
got errors every time when dialing just the local 7 digit number. Tina

 

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From: list-bounces at redwoodtech.org [mailto:list-bounces at redwoodtech.org]
On Behalf Of David C. Thewlis
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:30 AM
To: list at redwoodtech.org
Subject: [RTC List] Cell phone service and fiber cable

 

It is pretty clear why the fiber going out would kill internet and long
distance service, and why it would kill long distance service even via
cell phones.  What isn't clear to me right now is why at least Edge
Wireless's service is out completely - the local cells appear to be off
the air.  I could hypothesize but would prefer facts - does anyone on
the list know?

Dave Thewlis

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Dave Thewlis, DCTA Inc.
+1 707 840 9391 (voice) . +1 707 498 2238 (mobile)
http://www.dcta.com . dthewlis at dcta.com 

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