Sue2 920 Posted July 2, 2015 Argh! You don't realize until it's not there how much we depend on internet & wireless phones! Been out since 2 PM.....story is that a major fiber was cut near the Philadelphia, PA area. Last I heard they were saying 24-48 hours to repair. Ouch! Sue2 Northern Virginia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted July 2, 2015 dang - hoping when they dig up the culvert to make it lower they don't hit the main line I depend on for internet - that would be tough with the business and I know they ran the line right down the center of the ditch - actually bored it under 1/2 of my yard then plowed the rest (someone had buried huge rocks and cement chunks in the ditch when it was filled years ago = made for quite the show a couple years back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TauntDevil 19 Posted July 2, 2015 Interesting. I always wondered why they didn't make everything go lower. Though I think this must be location only because I didn't lose a call or have any signal issue other than the normal low quality service I normally get. And I have Verizon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rlvied 292 Posted July 2, 2015 Sorry sue I live about 30 miles from Philly and mine is working Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sue2 920 Posted July 2, 2015 According to their outage map, Verizon reports it to be/have been 100 mile radius of Philly. Seems to be Maryland, northern Virginia, New Jersey, DC and south eastern Pennsylvania, some of Delaware, & southeast New York.. People were reporting GPS issues too. Hope by the time I get to work it's back up. This is a good reason to have different providers for home & business .....at least I could still get files sent and Proofs out from home. Sue2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sue2 920 Posted July 2, 2015 Whew...it's over! We have the internet back! LOL Sue2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaybyrd 3,770 Posted July 2, 2015 And I used to complain when I couldn't use the phone because we were on a party line. We have become slaves to technology. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darcshadow 1,626 Posted July 2, 2015 People reporting GPS issues, don't understand how GPS works. Broken fiber is not going to effect actual GPS. Most phones use tower location signals to enhance GPS but the GPS will still work with zero phone service. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaybyrd 3,770 Posted July 2, 2015 People reporting GPS issues, don't understand how GPS works. Broken fiber is not going to effect actual GPS. Most phones use tower location signals to enhance GPS but the GPS will still work with zero phone service. I'm on Verizon and if I lose my signal my gps goes kaput on me. Can't say why but it does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Macon Innovations 228 Posted July 2, 2015 The gps will still work and show your location but it will be on a blank screen....Without service your device will not download the map background Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaybyrd 3,770 Posted July 2, 2015 Mine literally stops. I drove 10 miles in the sticks last night to buy a 4 wheeler and it stayed in the same spot the whole time on the screen. Verizon is a mess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darcshadow 1,626 Posted July 2, 2015 What type of phone? Wonder if it doesn't have a true GPS receiver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaybyrd 3,770 Posted July 2, 2015 galaxy s5. Using scout for gps so it may be dependent on network availability but not really sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darcshadow 1,626 Posted July 2, 2015 Ah, could be an app thing. App sees there is no network and can't load maps so it doesn't bother to try to do anything. I use one called NavFree, it loads the maps to the phone so you don't need a network to see them. CoPilot is another good one but the free version is a little annoying and I didn't see the need for the pay version. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites