[RTC List] Cell phone service and fiber cable

[Rollin Richmond]

Dave:  I have an Edge phone and it worked.  In fact, I used it to  
connect my laptop to the net with a Palm modem program I have on my  
Treo from my home in Bayside.  However, when I tried to use my phone  
in Eureka yesterday during the outage, I could receive email but not  
send it.  Not sure that helps except to complicate things.  Let us  
know if you figure it out.   Rollin

On Jan 21, 2007, at 12:14 PM, David C. Thewlis wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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