[Outages-discussion] [outages] Boston Marathon explosions/outages

[Rusty Dekema]

What is the standard practice these days for overload management in mobile
phone networks? Is ACCOLC or something similar set to kick in automatically
once a blocked-call counter or control channel traffic counter goes above a
threshold on a given site or sector? Or are things like this only done
manually by carrier personnel?

-Rusty


On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick at ianai.net>wrote:

> On Apr 15, 2013, at 15:59 , Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
>
> > 672 Copley St near the square, according to Bloomberg; 100 injuries,
> > no confirmed fatalities; much video of the explosions due to live
> coverage
> > of the race.
>
> About 190 injuries, 3 confirmed dead, lots still in hospital, many lost
> limbs.
>
>
> > It's being reported that iMessage traffic to the area is congested, and
> > iPhone users should disable that for more reliable communications in and
> > out of the city.
>
> Yesterday lots of stuff was slammed, including standard cell traffic. Now
> everything is fine. I am close to the scene, my mobile, SMS, iMessage, and
> broadband are all fine (modulo a 3 minute hit on Comcast at about 0800
> local). A few blocks are closed as a crime scene, at least one T (subway)
> stop is closed.
>
>
> > No official confirmation these were bombs; the T may have transformers in
> > that area for its subway lines.
>
> Confirmed bombs, considered a terrorist attack. It was two explosive
> devices, both included BBs or nails to inflict maximum human toll. Early
> reports of additional unexploded devices were incorrect. Two bombs, both
> exploded, within seconds of each other. FBI claims there is no further
> imminent danger.
>
> No suspects in custody.
>
> --
> TTFN,
> patrick
>
>
> > More details on Twitter and Zello#Emergency as news progresses; followups
> > to -discussion please, unless they're about specific outages related to
> > the incident.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -- jr '</moderator>' a
> > --
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