[RTC List] Cell phone service and fiber cable

[David C. Thewlis]

I understand that the cellphone companies will backhaul their LD traffic 
from here via the fiber and therefore their long distance service would 
not work either.

However:  where I live (Dow's Prairie near the Forest Service Nursery) 
the signal is never four bars, but acceptable.  But both times the fiber 
link was out (and for the duration of its being out) there was no signal 
whatsoever.  Nothing for the phone to detect or connect to.

That's the mystery I would like to understand.  If as Tina and Matt say 
they did have Edge service where they were, then perhaps only the cell 
towers within line-of-sight from where I live had no service.  But why 
would the *towers* not be transmitting, especially if in other places 
they were?  Anybody from Edge Wireless on this list that would be able 
to comment?

Dave

Tina Nerat wrote:
>
> 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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> 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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