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Thread ID: 71992	2006-08-24 22:56:00	Lost phone	mejobloggs (264)	PC World Chat

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480600	2006-08-25 06:34:00	Another question. When I first lost it, I tried ringing it. All I heard on was.... nothing. It didn't actually seem to ring, didn't go to voicemail or anything. What does that mean? Had that before with my past mobiles.It's simply a reception problem I believe	Ninjabear (2948)
480601	2006-08-25 08:35:00	You didn't wait long enough for it to connect?	pine-o-cleen (2955)
480602	2006-08-25 10:22:00	Probably its reception where the cellsite can contact the phone but the phone output cannot be received by the cell site (or vice versa), resulting in a one-way connection.	godfather (25)
480603	2006-08-25 21:06:00	Another question. When I first lost it, I tried ringing it. All I heard on was.... nothing. It didn't actually seem to ring, didn't go to voicemail or anything. What does that mean?If a phone has been used recently, then the network has a record of where abouts the phone is, and will try to communicate with it by the tower it was last found in use near. When it fails to be where it was last used, The network must go looking for it... "Here 027lostfone, here 027lostfone, i got something for you......." After looking round the entire 027 network it will either connect and ring, or give up and invoke your answer service instead, as you are unlucky enough to be cursed with one. At a guess, the time it takes to try to find, or give up trying to find the phone will vary depending on how much free resources are available. Telecom being Telecom, one can be assured that there are enough resources to handle peak traffic, and little if any more. Thus i suspect the time it takes to find your phone will be longer at peak time, or times when towers are down for maintenance.	personthingy (1670)
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