Vodacom network problem this afternoon?

[cyberarmy]

Today after work I went to RAU to attend my lectures, but upon arrival I could not make any outgoing calls to my friend, sms would not work. I though my friend switched off his phone since I got the voice prompt of 'the number you dialed is not available'. But when I saw him his phone was on and I called him (his number is 072, vodacom), same story, tried to call my friend also there with cell c number, not working (*100# not working but 111 worked)!!!!! But they can call me and GPRS was working.

Now I am back home, working again. Really strange

 

[HowTo]

Hi cyberarmy,

You are not alone, Eskom made load shedding possible.
Now we all have to suffer.
This is what i think happened.
It was still off after 22:00.

 

[Dolby]

Yea it was off for hours. However, data worked ...

I was wondering whether the multi vendor vs single vendor system had anything to do with it? Maybe we need stats on the situation from the NMC (Network Management Centre)?

*ruuuuuuuuun*

 

[cyberarmy]

So what was the cause? Load *****ting? Was it only RAU and surrounding aread that were affected. I got a prepaid 072 number, not working. My friend's 072 prepaid number works......Could that be a problem only affected certain numbers/range?

 

[HowTo]

HI cyberarmy;

No signal at all on prepaid number starting with 071.......


Regards