Having similar problems on the SprintPCS network, in the SF Bay Area.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]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
degradation in their cell/pager coverage/performance over
of weeks?
What type of degradation? I haven't noticed any larger
significant the last couple 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