RE: End of year freeze (Re: Y2k silly season)

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

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