[26359] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: End of year freeze (Re: Y2k silly season)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roeland M.J. Meyer)
Mon Dec 27 20:37:01 1999
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From: "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: "'Deepak Jain'" <deepak@ai.net>,
"'Sean Donelan'" <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:34:38 -0800
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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
> 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
>
