Entire City Phone System down

[rory 0]

anyone ever seen this kind of thing before?

All our land lines and cell phones are down, completely!

been this way all day now ... its island wide.

Imagine this .. nobody can take cheques or credit cards now as authorization here is all done over the phone lines!

[Birdman Adam 0]

How are you even posting this then??

[rory 0]

i got cable internet

[Birdman Adam 0]

OH!

 

So it's just phone lines, and naturally, cell phones after that...

Maybe a big fish bit the lines going across the ocean!

 

I can't believe its lasted all day though... Must mean the telco company has a serious problem.

 

EDIT: Here's a webpage about it:

http://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/3185/Statment_from_BTC_Acting_President_No_explanation_for_downed_phones.html

 

http://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/3122/Phone_trouble_is_your_line_working.html

[rory 0]

thanks LOL.

yeah they made a statement and are now claiming it is working .. NOT

some are but most people i try to call its still dead.

ahhh tis the third (or 2nd?) world and monopolies for yah!

 

this telco had serious problems before this problem

[Birdman Adam 0]

Plus I just read its owned by the government!

 

Maybe something secret is going down and they had to cut off all the lines

[Soundy 1]

Skype FTW

[Birdman Adam 0]

If I ever go to Bahamas I'm gonna bring a Sat phone!

[rory 0]

Skype FTW

would still only work for international or out island calls though

lots of areas still down ... oh well till another day

[rory 0]

If I ever go to Bahamas I'm gonna bring a Sat phone!

though this outage is very serious .. 911 and 919 for example wouldnt work either neither would most monitored alarms without radios .. but it is one of the first like it.

[Birdman Adam 0]

I would think there would have been a rash of break-ins by now, if this place is really as crazy as you say it is!

 

Do you really hide weapons in your yard?

[rory 0]

well crime is bad everywhere these days though it has become a little out of hand here now .. but yeah probably have been ... being friday lots of drunks on the road (no drunk driving law here) and out partying probably been alot of accidents by now also and probably stabbings as well. plenty times cant get 911 or 919 anyway regardless of something like this .. i tried at one accident outside my place one time, even the cops passed by and could not reach the emergency services, someone had to drive to the hospital to get them to send an ambulance ..

 

and yes i gotta do what i gotta do!

no guns though as they are mostly against the law other then for pigeon shooting and i dont want to end up in this prison here!

[Birdman Adam 0]

no guns!?!

[rory 0]

just shotgun licences for hunting pigeons LOL

all the criminals have guns though, uzis and aks and all.

Um gun control dont work dowm here!

[Birdman Adam 0]

The saying:

 

"If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns"

 

Is so true!

 

I think it would be better off if they were legal in your place. Then the criminals would think twice before they get blow away trying to hold up someone!

 

I am very happy my country allows guns!

[jeromephone 6]

either the main switch took a dump and they have limed or no spares and or they have a cable cut going into main switch area. would not be suprised that the only have one feed in and out instead of an alternate cable/fiber path that they could switch to. Our local county wide 911 and county wide emergency service had a single fiber feed which got cut and put all those services down for several hours. They have since moved to a new facility and I beleive they have at least three paths in and out.