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Airtel Disaster

20 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/airtel-disaster.93422/

Pat
Pat Original post #1
Jul 18, 2008 at 10:50 PM
From what I have heard and read, it seems that the Airtel Mumbai network is down since morning. That is nearly more than 15 hours now I think. What kind of **** is this ?

If our(company I am working for) clients production server is down and we cant get it back working in an hour or so, all hell breaks loose. It might even end our contract. But I guess these airtel SOBs are too lame to care.

So did anyone face any problems due to this major service outage ?
Pathik
Pathik #2
Jul 18, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Not the whole Mumbai network. Just some series of numbers. Mine is working fine.
narangz
narangz #3
Jul 18, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Yes, with Vodafone & Reliance not in Mumabi though. This didn't happen today.

The outage of Vodafone network lasted for almost the whole night after 11 PM & that of Reliance lasted for the whole day.

Airtel also stopped working a couple of years back.
Kenshin
Kenshin #4
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Mine is still down :(
Garbage
Garbage #5
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:21 PM
We had same problem here in Ahmednagar (MH) too :(
Pat
Pat #6
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:22 PM
Yes, with Vodafone & Reliance not in Mumabi though. This didn't happen today.

The outage of Vodafone network lasted for almost the whole night after 11 PM & that of Reliance lasted for the whole day.

Airtel also stopped working a couple of years back.

I am talking about today buddy :) Most of my friends,relatives in Mumbai had their phones out of service. Infact, its still not working!
A
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:34 PM
airtel kinda sucks...
freshseasons
Jul 19, 2008 at 12:24 AM
Same here in Nagpur.Though the network is up i can't make a decent call whole day.
So bad when something like this happens to something you take up so much for granted.
Next time i will try remembering that its a MOBILE after all.
Pathik
Pathik #10
Jul 19, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Got this msg
Due to fire at Lower Parel, our network services in some areas of Mumbai are affected. Services will be restored shortly. Thank you for your continued support.
BBThumbHealer
Jul 19, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Got this msg
Due to fire at Lower Parel, our network services in some areas of Mumbai are affected. Services will be restored shortly. Thank you for your continued support.

mentioned the reason in my above post ! :p
confused
confused #12
Jul 19, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Same here in Nagpur.Though the network is up i can't make a decent call whole day.
So bad when something like this happens to something you take up so much for granted.
Next time i will try remembering that its a MOBILE after all.
OFFTOPIC: where in Nagpur, do ya live? (i had been there recently for the first time)
maddy_in65
Jul 19, 2008 at 8:30 PM
I have airtel prepaid connection, its now two days that outgoing and other services not restored. This happens to all my friends, is there any update when they restore their services. Airtel Sucks:x
freshseasons
Jul 20, 2008 at 10:16 PM
OFFTOPIC: where in Nagpur, do ya live? (i had been there recently for the first time)

Civil Lines Area...! However Nagpur is so small compared to some of the cities that specifying area in Nagpur doesnt make sense.
Every thing here from point A to B is less than 10 mins..
iMav
iMav #15
Jul 20, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Everything above Bandra is down. i was in Pune last night and everything there was down on roaming, my network came back near National Airport.
Pat
Pat #16
Jul 21, 2008 at 1:09 AM
I have airtel prepaid connection, its now two days that outgoing and other services not restored. This happens to all my friends, is there any update when they restore their services. Airtel Sucks:x

I have heard that normal services should resume from tomorrow.
iMav
iMav #18
Jul 21, 2008 at 9:28 AM
No outgoing yet.
krazzy
krazzy #19
Jul 21, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I'm posting this message from a cybercafe because my Airtel is down since the last 4 days and hence no GPRS to connect to the net. God knows how long will it take. :mad:
axxo
axxo #20
Jul 21, 2008 at 11:22 AM
last evening recharged my prepaid airtel twice for Rs.121 thru online.
Payment was successful but no topup amount credited and not able to make any calls as of now with the current 0.02 balance.