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From: tony sayer on 5 Jul 2010 05:28 In article <1832964.LCa0AQdONa(a)ale.cx>, alexd <troffasky(a)hotmail.com> scribeth thus >Meanwhile, at the uk.telecom.mobile Job Justification Hearings, tony sayer >chose the tried and tested strategy of: > >> Well "what if" that base station is at full capacity, and there is no >> other available?.. > >What do you think? [Clue: the base station isn't going to sprout wheels and >follow the unfortunate caller. Apparently that's a feature planned for 5G]. > Is that the best U can do;?... -- Tony Sayer
From: tony sayer on 5 Jul 2010 06:56 In article <80iYn.73223$sp1.53495(a)en-nntp-04.am2.easynews.com>, Steve <me(a)privacy.net> scribeth thus >tony sayer wrote: >> >> In article <1832964.LCa0AQdONa(a)ale.cx>, alexd <troffasky(a)hotmail.com> >> scribeth thus >> >Meanwhile, at the uk.telecom.mobile Job Justification Hearings, tony sayer >> >chose the tried and tested strategy of: >> > >> >> Well "what if" that base station is at full capacity, and there is no >> >> other available?.. >> > >> >What do you think? [Clue: the base station isn't going to sprout wheels and >> >follow the unfortunate caller. Apparently that's a feature planned for 5G]. >> > >> >> Is that the best U can do;?... > >Ask a silly question, get a silly answer. If it was silly then the previous statement was sillier squared;!.. -- Tony Sayer
From: Jon Pitts on 17 Jul 2010 14:36
"tony sayer" <tony(a)bancom.co.uk> wrote in message news:wC3f+iGKndLMFwl7(a)bancom.co.uk... > In article <ouKdncGwhuk7JrDRnZ2dnUVZ7q-dnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Jon Pitts > <usenet(a)pitts50.co.uk> scribeth thus >> >>"Woody" <harrogate3(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote in message >>news:TurWn.59557$NW.37440(a)hurricane... >> >>> >>> Orange software is set such that it will hang on to your signal on one >>> site until it will (realistically) work no longer, then try to hand it >>> to >>> the 'next' cell only for there to be no resources available, so the call >>> is lost. >> >>Nonsense. On what do you base this claim, because I can assure you this is >>not how Orange 2G handovers work. I'm not familiar enough with 3G-2G >>handover parameters, but the network is certainly not going to keep you on >>one cell "at all costs" when one such cost is a dropped call. The handover >>will always be preferred to a dropped call. >> > > Well "what if" that base station is at full capacity, and there is no > other available?.. > Clearly there will always be extreme situations, but the OP didn't specify this. Woody just suggested that the OUK network is configured to hold a call on a particular cell even if a closer one is available via handover. That isn't the case. Rgds Jon. |