Comments on: Vodafone Germany’s Data Network: Kaput for 48 hours

Comments on: Vodafone Germany’s Data Network: Kaput for 48 hours http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/vodafone_germanys_data_network_kaput_for_48_hours.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:52:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sven Latham http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/vodafone_germanys_data_network_kaput_for_48_hours.html/comment-page-1#comment-242530 Sven Latham Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:59:11 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6744#comment-242530 Not sure whether it's merely coincidence or not (do they even use the same infrastructure?) but on Tuesday this week (3/6/08) I had all kinds of problems registering my phone with Vodafone. The phone would sit either perpetually "searching..." or would display "Vodafone UK" but then fail to send or receive calls or any kind of data. This was over a 60 mile area at least.<br><br>Eventually in the evening I called Vodafone CS who told me they were having "widespread problems with connectivity over the south coast [of England]", but I haven't seen mention of it elsewhere. The operator told me it was limited to 3G networks, and sure enough switching back to GSM-only solved it. Wednesday morning and everything was fine again. Not sure whether it's merely coincidence or not (do they even use the same infrastructure?) but on Tuesday this week (3/6/08) I had all kinds of problems registering my phone with Vodafone. The phone would sit either perpetually “searching…” or would display “Vodafone UK” but then fail to send or receive calls or any kind of data. This was over a 60 mile area at least.

Eventually in the evening I called Vodafone CS who told me they were having “widespread problems with connectivity over the south coast [of England]“, but I haven't seen mention of it elsewhere. The operator told me it was limited to 3G networks, and sure enough switching back to GSM-only solved it. Wednesday morning and everything was fine again.

]]> By: Sven Latham http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/vodafone_germanys_data_network_kaput_for_48_hours.html/comment-page-1#comment-234718 Sven Latham Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:59:11 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6744#comment-234718 Not sure whether it's merely coincidence or not (do they even use the same infrastructure?) but on Tuesday this week (3/6/08) I had all kinds of problems registering my phone with Vodafone. The phone would sit either perpetually "searching..." or would display "Vodafone UK" but then fail to send or receive calls or any kind of data. This was over a 60 mile area at least.<br><br>Eventually in the evening I called Vodafone CS who told me they were having "widespread problems with connectivity over the south coast [of England]", but I haven't seen mention of it elsewhere. The operator told me it was limited to 3G networks, and sure enough switching back to GSM-only solved it. Wednesday morning and everything was fine again. Not sure whether it's merely coincidence or not (do they even use the same infrastructure?) but on Tuesday this week (3/6/08) I had all kinds of problems registering my phone with Vodafone. The phone would sit either perpetually “searching…” or would display “Vodafone UK” but then fail to send or receive calls or any kind of data. This was over a 60 mile area at least.

Eventually in the evening I called Vodafone CS who told me they were having “widespread problems with connectivity over the south coast [of England]“, but I haven't seen mention of it elsewhere. The operator told me it was limited to 3G networks, and sure enough switching back to GSM-only solved it. Wednesday morning and everything was fine again.

]]> By: Sven Latham http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/vodafone_germanys_data_network_kaput_for_48_hours.html/comment-page-1#comment-228110 Sven Latham Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:59:11 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6744#comment-228110 Not sure whether it's merely coincidence or not (do they even use the same infrastructure?) but on Tuesday this week (3/6/08) I had all kinds of problems registering my phone with Vodafone. The phone would sit either perpetually "searching..." or would display "Vodafone UK" but then fail to send or receive calls or any kind of data. This was over a 60 mile area at least.<br><br>Eventually in the evening I called Vodafone CS who told me they were having "widespread problems with connectivity over the south coast [of England]", but I haven't seen mention of it elsewhere. The operator told me it was limited to 3G networks, and sure enough switching back to GSM-only solved it. Wednesday morning and everything was fine again. Not sure whether it's merely coincidence or not (do they even use the same infrastructure?) but on Tuesday this week (3/6/08) I had all kinds of problems registering my phone with Vodafone. The phone would sit either perpetually “searching…” or would display “Vodafone UK” but then fail to send or receive calls or any kind of data. This was over a 60 mile area at least.

Eventually in the evening I called Vodafone CS who told me they were having “widespread problems with connectivity over the south coast [of England]“, but I haven't seen mention of it elsewhere. The operator told me it was limited to 3G networks, and sure enough switching back to GSM-only solved it. Wednesday morning and everything was fine again.

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