can't make cell calls near fairground - towers overloaded

[04ctd]

can text, but get "network failure" when i tried to make calls on Friday night.
tried about 5 calls, only 2 got thru.

kinda crazy, you might expect that for superbowl or something, but who at the county fair is on the cell phone giving updates to their friends?

[StoneColdSVT]

Sounds like you were one of the cellidiots trying to. :poke:

[blubyu87gt]

Classic network overload. Happens at that type of an event. GSM carrier prehaps? The problem is a county fair is large enough ( potentially ) to overload the network but not so much as to require ( or be feasible ) to deploy a C.O.L.T. or C.O.W. (cell on light truck / cell on wheels)