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Problems Connecting
I presume you HAVE remembered to use the new 809 prefix to ALL DR related numbers?? Came into definitive mode today!! ~ Grahame.
Orange is having major problems. It was just about impossible to get through to an orange phone yesterday, prefix or not 
Saskia said:
You think it's fustrating trying to get through????
I tell you its MORE then fustrating trying to make a call out and not being able to call anywhere.
It always says call failed or something....have been having problems making and recieving cals for the past 2 weeks with Orange.
Besides updating to the 809 thing...Orange is updating hteir whole system..and everything keeps going offline..and apparently will continue to do so for a bit of time still :tired:
My Sprint phone will roam into a Orange analog site. It will not roam on anyones digital system because it is a different format than other wireless carriers. All cell sites that were there before digital came out remain, only digital has been added. Any new sites that have been constructed after digital came in ars digital only. It works the same in the states, they are just a little behind. The information I got was from a news article a short time ago in the Spanish newspaper available here.solituna said:
First I didn't know that sprint has GSM services. Orange only has GSM-Digitial Network, Centennial only Digital network, Verizon and Tricom they has bouth networks. The problem is that they overpass their proyections of new customers, and the nextwork couldn't nadle the amount of number, they are changing the plataform network so they will be able to handle 2 millions of customers. With the introduction of new 829 area code for DR all company can expands the networks.
Sprint is PCS, the other carriers do not have PCS capability. My Sprint phone in the states roams on Cingular/ATT wireless, otherwise they would have no roaming capabilities. They use a tri-band mode phone for this purpose. Orange is Cingular or the non-wireline service compared to Verizon which is the same at home and called the wireline server. Centennial, I know nothing about. Most cellular carriers today are sharing cell sites and towers paying another carrier for their services. This eliminates the construction of more towers and they simply add another tier to the tower, as well as their own equipment. I think I know what you are trying to say, yes they are expanding the network to enable more customers, and lessen busys and switch-off to other sites.riravaga said: