As Adam stated if the site gets disconnected it it will drop all the
connections. Home internet is less likely to connect to another tower.
Most will prefer the higher frequency bands and in many cases are
depending on small cells to provide coverage. With that being the case
it is often that it will not fail over to the lower frequency.
If your looking for phone service that will fail over to multiple
carriers US Mobile is probably the best solution. You can get service
that will run on multiple carriers for a nominal monthly charge.
On 8/12/25 1:36 PM, Ken Hohhof 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?
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