Johnsonville 'Service Unavailable'

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matisyahu

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#160362 4-Jan-2015 02:38

Just at work a few hours ago and my phone kept losing its connection - jumping between being on the network then 'Service Unavailable' - are they doing some work with the mobile phone network up there? I checked on the Spark website and didn't see any notification so I was wondering whether any maintenance that was being done was being done at a time no one cared. I'm not too worried either way - just curious.

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#1207910 4-Jan-2015 03:24

Their maintenance window is normally between around 12am to 5am - it is likely they're doing some work whilst most people are asleep :)

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Zippity

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#1207940 4-Jan-2015 08:46

Maybe workers cut a line while working on the new Broderick Road rail over bridge?

matisyahu

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#1208063 4-Jan-2015 17:09

michaelmurfy: Their maintenance window is normally between around 12am to 5am - it is likely they're doing some work whilst most people are asleep :)

Everything is working as it should - funny enough I no longer get a 4G signal but the 3G connection I'm getting full 'dots' (I'm on an iPhone) for the signal strength. Possibly upgrades? Maybe they're getting rid of their Lucent-Alcatel equipment before the contract finishes and replacing it with Huawei gear? what ever the case maybe, everything is stable.

Zippity: Maybe workers cut a line while working on the new Broderick Road rail over bridge?

I'd say that if there was a line cut it would have fallen totally off the network where it was more like a yo-yo which makes me wonder whether they were bringing it back online, testing something, taking it back offline, doing some more testing, then putting it back online.

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#1208119 4-Jan-2015 18:57

There is constant network upgrades that are occurring in both the mobile and fixed networks. It's something I have wanted posted publicly but the list would be very long.

So for now I suspect it was more network grooming work going on.

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#1208835 5-Jan-2015 22:39

plambrechtsen: There is constant network upgrades that are occurring in both the mobile and fixed networks. It's something I have wanted posted publicly but the list would be very long.

So for now I suspect it was more network grooming work going on.

Oh well, I'm sure when the improvements come we'll experience them in the day to day usage.

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