Tmobile is ready for hurricane season 2012

**PaisanNYC** · 06-06-2012, 01:12 PM

T-Mobile is ready for the Belmont Stakes horse race this weekend too! Just across the Cross Island Pkwy from the stadium are several trucks with cellular antennas on them that were raised up in the air. An area with 2 bars of service now gives me full service strength as I drive by. These were just set up yesterday.

I understand this isn't an emergency situation, but it was nice to see that there ARE trucks around that can provide cell service if needed, not just as social gatherings.

**Wireless Junkie** · 06-06-2012, 11:32 PM

T-Mobile was the first down and the last up here during the tornado's because almost none of their sites here have generators.

**bigsnake49** · 06-07-2012, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by Wireless Junkie

T-Mobile was the first down and the last up here during the tornado's because almost none of their sites here have generators.

Same thing in my area. Neither Sprint nor T-Mobile have generators. AT&T has some sites with generators but definitely not all. Verizon has generators on pretty much all sites.

**bigsnake49** · 06-07-2012, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

I could never figure out how ATT's switch being down would impact connections between Sprint and T-Mobile.

How do you think they get connected to each other? They go through the PSTN to interface.

**Kies** · 06-07-2012, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by bigsnake49

Same thing in my area. Neither Sprint nor T-Mobile have generators. AT&T has some sites with generators but definitely not all. Verizon has generators on pretty much all sites.

This press release specifically states that they have added or improved back up services at their cell sites.

furthermore, what - did yall miss the thread I posted in coverage discussion before this one?

http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...vestments-made

"We have made significant investments in supplemental cell site backup generators, microwave technology equipment and cell-on-wheels (COWs), along with other tools and equipment to enhance the stability and, when necessary, the recovery of our network operations.

**DRNewcomb** · 06-07-2012, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by bigsnake49

How do you think they get connected to each other? They go through the PSTN to interface.

And that's necessary because....?

**bigsnake49** · 06-07-2012, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

And that's necessary because....?

I don't know, sometimes Sprint people like to talk to T-Mobile people. Me, I have three phones. One to talk to Sprint people. One to talk to AT&T people and one to talk to T-Mobile people. I refuse to talk to Verizon people. They're too full of themselves

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**johnhere** · 06-07-2012, 04:33 PM

Tmobile is definitely better at disaster recovery than they used to be. I've seen some of their cows set up. Used to never see that.

**bigsnake49** · 06-07-2012, 04:39 PM

Read Sprint's press release, here:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...7#post14830337

It's almost identical to T-Mobile's.

**DRNewcomb** · 06-08-2012, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by bigsnake49

I don't know, sometimes Sprint people like to talk to T-Mobile people. Me, I have three phones. One to talk to Sprint people. One to talk to AT&T people and one to talk to T-Mobile people. I refuse to talk to Verizon people. They're too full of themselves

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The question is, why is it necessary for Sptint and T-Mobile to connect their intersystem calls via ATT?

**danska** · 06-08-2012, 10:18 AM

Cause if they don't, nobody can make calls? How do you think they get connected? Not out of thin air. If they can't get data access from anybody else (cable companies like brighthouse, comcast, time warner) then they have no choice but to use the local telco.

**DRNewcomb** · 06-09-2012, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by danska

Cause if they don't, nobody can make calls? How do you think they get connected? Not out of thin air. If they can't get data access from anybody else (cable companies like brighthouse, comcast, time warner) then they have no choice but to use the local telco.

It seems you still don't understand the question. You're mixing backhaul and interconnection. I want to know why the mobile carriers can't have their own shared interconnection service, independent of ATT. They don't rely on ATT to interconnect SMS. Text messages worked just fine after Katrina.

**mariposa111** · 06-09-2012, 01:31 PM

Text messages were reliable after Ike about 2/3 of the time. Voice connections were pretty bad prior to 7 p.m. too. I don't think it was "business as usual" for cellphones in my area until 4-6 weeks after Hurricane Ike.

**johnhere** · 06-09-2012, 04:01 PM

4 to 6 weeks is a long time.

**Wireless Junkie** · 06-09-2012, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by Kies

This press release specifically states that they have added or improved back up services at their cell sites.

furthermore, what - did yall miss the thread I posted in coverage discussion before this one?

http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...vestments-made

"We have made significant investments in supplemental cell site backup generators, microwave technology equipment and cell-on-wheels (COWs), along with other tools and equipment to enhance the stability and, when necessary, the recovery of our network operations.

Our most recent round of storms produces identical results.

Significant is a meaningless word and may only mean the coast itself.

Maybe some site # specifics would be better than some marketing bs that t-mobile is great for spewing.