Evening all.
this may have already been mentioned so apologies,
But one thing I did notice today was that when I did get service back, the phone would only clamp onto the 2G network, which still shows you that even though 2G is an old network technology, it can do basic calls and sms,
It’s still a robust and resilient network and can still be used when needed.
I know today has been not good for o2, but this really shows the weakness that one thing not only brings 3G and 4G down, but other networks global as well.
You have to ask, why is there no back up, or is the back up good old 2G that some countries are turning off?
@Anonymous Yes i Got 2G back about 6 ish tonight but had 2G on and off in bits through out the day.
and even with 2G running on less frequencies and capacity now, it was still able at a push to allow calls and sms.
its possible that why 2G may have gone dowm was more network capacity on 2G. The just sheer demand
I would agree, it may not be an O2 issue and Ericsson has owned up to it, but you still have to ask the question, where is the back up/resilience.
Aircraft have back up systems so you can argue networks should as well.
The next argument is why only certain networks affected? Other networks is Ericsson as well globally, so is the housekeeping in o2 not done.
I know things fail, people can and do make mistakes, but there has to be a much bigger issue than a basic certificate causing all this, they have said they have decommissioned the software now, was o2 using old software from Ericsson, you just don’t know.
