{"id":19521,"date":"2011-04-05T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-05T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T11:36:00","slug":"cell-c-apologises-for-network-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/19521-cell-c-apologises-for-network-problems.html","title":{"rendered":"Cell C apologises for network problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A network problem which left some Cell C customers unable to make or receive calls as well as send or receive SMS messages was corrected this morning, according to a statement by the CEO of Cell C, <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/210083-Lars-P.-Reichelt\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Lars Reichelt profile\">Lars Reichelt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This most recent problem comes hot on the heels of an issue with Cell C&#8217;s data network which prevented some users from using the remainder of their monthly data allotment on 31 March 2011.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reichelt, the cause of the routing issue this morning was identified and corrected by 09h00 on Tuesday, 5 April 2011 and the Cell C network is working as it should.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/324437-Message-from-Lars-P.-Reichelt-Cell-C-CEO\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Reichelt's statement\">Reichelt&#8217;s statement<\/a> is reproduced verbatim below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left_image\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail\/people\/lars-reichelt.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Lars P. Reichelt - the real CEO of Cell C\" title=\"Lars P. Reichelt - the real CEO of Cell C\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>We sincerely apologise for the network problem you might have experienced this morning. Due to a routing problem early this morning, Cell C customers had problems making and receiving calls and sending and receiving SMS. The cause of the routing issue, which affected less than 5% of the Cell C customer base, has been identified and was corrected by 09:00 this morning and the network is working as it should.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sincerely<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lars P Reichelt<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cell C CEO<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cell C could not be immediately reached for further comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/324467-Cell-C-apologises-for-network-issues\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Cell C network problem apology\">Cell C network problem apology<\/a> <\/strong>&lt;&lt; Comments and discussion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cell C CEO apologised for a routing problem which left some Cell C customers without service and said that the issue has been resolved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cellular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}