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Posted on 05/21/2013 5:41:56 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: ConservativeMan55
The phone company only puts in a few circuits to every town or switching office, once they are in use you get the all circuits busy signal ...think of it as a party line first come first serve. during a disaster the network service center will at time try and re route calls another way. if the service was down before the storm it sounds more like a switching office in the area might have booted ( they are very large computer mainframes, they are duplicated but at time have a problem and have to reset them selves...
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posted on
05/21/2013 6:11:01 AM PDT
by
jrd
(All federal acts,laws,orders,rules regulations regarding firearms, infringe the 2 amendment)
To: ConservativeMan55
Ha ha...it’s the first time I’ve heard anyone say anything good about T Mobile!
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posted on
05/21/2013 6:11:08 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?)
To: ConservativeMan55
Thanks for writing CM.
My line quality was not the best, but no dropped calls.
I’m sure more will be revealed about the phone issues. I hope it was a mechanical issue and not one of government meddling. If it was government, and carriers went along, there would be huge liability for them.
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posted on
05/21/2013 6:12:37 AM PDT
by
gwjack
(May God give America His richest blessings.)
To: InvisibleChurch
Jeez, no kidding.
Get a grip people.
To: ConservativeMan55
The reason phone service was disrupted was because everyone and their dog was trying to make a call at the same time. :)
Phone systems have a peak capacity of (hangonasecondwhileIpullanumberoutofsomwhere) about thirty percent. At a point service becomes degraded; this is why voice stops and text keeps working. At a point it all stops.
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posted on
05/21/2013 6:15:46 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
To: ConservativeMan55
Nope...didn’t experience any problems with service before and minimal problems afterwards. I was on the phone with a friend traveling via car from Shawnee to Moore during the storm.
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posted on
05/21/2013 6:18:56 AM PDT
by
A_Tradition_Continues
(formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98)
To: ConservativeMan55
They wouldn’t “cut” phone service ahead of some storm. There are GETS and WPS which are emergency services they can engage after a mass event that provides priority access to/for certain government and emergency services. It might be possible government agencies (in monitoring and preparing for storm) were taking so much capacity it left little for ordinary calling. That seems unlikely. It’s more likely the storm as it moved east destroyed something that affected regional communications. Just guessing.
To: Chickensoup
People misunderstand the technology behind cell service.
Everyone cant talk at one time.Providers bet on a %age only going “off hook” at one time.At times like OK disaster that's what happened.The number of people trying to contact others before the storm maxed out the T1’s carrying the calls.
Although POTS aerial service in this area probably took a hit, under ground probably did OK.
Keep that land line for emergencies
To: ConservativeMan55
LOL, I dont think so,you may want to look into SW
To: ConservativeMan55
“No one could make any calls. Texting worked but no calls. “
Bingo! Text only uses a tiny amount of bandwidth.
Communication is still possible without overloading the servers/exchange.
Which is what causes problems when everybody hit ‘Dial’ at the same time.
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posted on
05/21/2013 6:36:28 AM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day. liberals and logic: Never confuse the two! Hi MI# !)
To: ConservativeMan55
Did they have some type of "reverse 911" system which calls out to every phone? They might have reserved the system for that. I've only ever gotten one call on that system on my landline for a kidnapping/missing child so that wasn't nearly as time sensitive as a tornado.
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posted on
05/21/2013 6:41:53 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
To: rarestia
why bother to get licensed?Just another way for the govt. to get revenue and track you .
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posted on
05/21/2013 6:42:22 AM PDT
by
Renegade
To: InvisibleChurch
is everything a government conspiracy?For some people, yes. It would be better if those folks would hang out with the Alex Jones crowd on InfoWars though. The silly conspiracy theories posted on serious sites like FR and others get tiresome.
To: ConservativeMan55
Within minutes of the Ft Hood shooting, the lines were overloaded. Texts had a better chance of getting out, but I couldn’t get a hold of anyone in the area via cell. I managed to locate my kids via text.
But I could call out (got my mom) on my landline.
It’s amazing how fast these systems hit their limit.
I’m sure that, in the hours leading up to the storms, people saw them coming and were reaching out to family and friends. It’s not like a bomb went off. The Weather Channel was watching this line of storms march in for hours.
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posted on
05/21/2013 6:55:31 AM PDT
by
Marie
("The last time Democrats gloated this hard after a health care victory, they lost 60 House seats.")
To: ConservativeMan55
Please document your reasons for saying the phones went off before the storms. I have been watching TV coverage, and I don't here anyone from Oklahoma saying this.
As well, they are still looking for children. I think paranoia about phone coverage is the very last priority in this horrible time.
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:00:39 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: ConservativeMan55
Yeah, this is pretty funny. Searchers are finding dead children, and so you choose phone humor. You’re not the kind of Conservative I want to pay ANY attention to.
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:02:09 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: ConservativeMan55
Here, this may help...
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:58:41 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: ConservativeMan55
I will go with overloaded by relatives and friends of people in Ok calling to see if everybody is allright.
Everything cannot be a conspiracy, even with this bunch....they are not smart enough.
It takes brains to concoct a really effective conspiracy. All Zer0 slugs IQ's, added up wouldn't make it to 80.
There was no collusion here...just normal human concern....IMO.
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:02:19 AM PDT
by
B.O. Plenty
(Give war a chance........)
To: Chickensoup
That is the reason I am going back to landline. (head in hands)
Please, please talk to somebody who understands the tech behind this before saying this to anyone else. It makes you sound ignorant.
Today's "landlines" use the exact same infrastructure as cell phones do; fiber optics. The box in your neighborhood that translates "phone lines" (which really don't exist any more beyond the neighborhood level) into fiber optic is just as vulnerable as the cell infrastructure. More, actually, because the cell phone towers generally have backup batteries.
If you want true redundant communications, please study up and get your ham radio license, and join a local ham radio club so they can show you what to buy.
To: backwoods-engineer
I am on a small providers system and most of the people I talk to are on that system and that is who I will want to talk to.
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posted on
05/21/2013 9:53:16 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(200 million unarmed " people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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