If there's a fiber cut feeding the site, I believe the RRU stop broadcasting when they can't talk to the mother ship.
On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Who here knows more than I do about how cellular networks work during a > celltower outage? > > > > Would I be correct to assume that if, for example, a Verizon tower is > offline, your mobile phone would connect to another nearby Verizon tower? > And that you could not only make voice calls and send text messages, but > also use your phone as a hotspot for Internet? > > > > And that if there was no other Verizon tower in range, your phone would > roam to a T-Mobile or AT&T tower? And in that case, could you still use > the hotspot feature? > > > > Now, what about Home Internet service? Would I be correct to assume no > roaming and probably not even another Verizon tower? If your designated > tower is down, no home Internet? > > > > One last question, if the tower has power and all the electronics is > running but the backhaul to the tower is down (like a fiber cut), do phones > still connect to the tower but have no service? Or will they move to > another tower? > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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