can't make cell calls near fairground - towers overloaded

04ctd · 10-29-2011, 09:30 AM

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 · 10-29-2011, 09:58 AM

Sounds like you were one of the cellidiots trying to.

blubyu87gt · 10-29-2011, 06:52 PM

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)

10-29-2011, 09:30 AM	#1
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10-29-2011, 09:58 AM	#2
StoneColdSVT Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Belvedere/North Augusta SC Posts: 196	Sounds like you were one of the cellidiots trying to. __________________

10-29-2011, 06:52 PM	#3
blubyu87gt Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Charleston Posts: 904	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) __________________ Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level then beat you with experience. The reason I swear so much is because, fuck you.