East Coast Earthquake: AT$T 0 - T-Mobile -1

[dkb218]

An earthquake struck the East Coast of the United States. The epicenter was in Virgina but it was felt from North Carolina to Boston.

I was on the West side of Lower Manhattan. Didn't feel a thing. Just noticed that my GPS wasn't working. However, I had excellent phone, data and email service. Those I spoke to with AT$T and no service whatsoever! This is what the "merger" will bring us T-Mobile customers. Less services in general and no service during emergencies. This situation has too many 9/11 tones to it. From people evacuating their places of business to the police and fire departments running Willy Nilly all over the place.

I for one do not want AT$T during an emergency. I know this can happen with any carrier but AT$T is so stressed with bandwidth that unless they build out the towers they have here already, the little amount of towers they pick up from T-Mobile will not help.

 

[Mister Hat]

It was really strong down here by DC

 

[blestsol]

Im in MD and I lost reception for like 20 minutes.

 

[Mister Hat]

Im in MD and I lost reception for like 20 minutes.

Same here

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[FatalityBoyZahy]

I'm in Franklin Park, New Jersey, and I didn't have a Data Connection for a while.

 

[Mister Hat]

I'm in Franklin Park, New Jersey, and I didn't have a Data Connection for a while.

Did you feel it?

 

[tuffCookie]

still no T-Mobile service here in Philly

 

[trees812]

I was having lunch in lower Manhattan with couple coworkers. Three had iPhones and one had a Thunderbolt. The 3 iPhones were dead, no signal of any sort. The Thunderbolt was extremely slow. My G2x made and received calls, texts and was able to read the news about the earthquake without a single problem.

Just thought I'd like to share.

 

[Ghost_1]

Buddy I was in crystal city about 30 miles from the epicenter and I've been without phone service for the last 4 hours. Att had texting and Verizon had everything. Sprint came back up before T-mo.

I can only imagine what the people in Mineral VA are dealing with.

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[joser24]

That's crazy how we are prepped here in CA, awaiting the big one, yet it hits the other side.
Hope you are all well. Tmobile in LA has fast response disaster units specific to that
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[jrwingate6]

I was working and we responded to two vacant dwellings that collapsed. One of them fell on someone and trapped them. I had data and text but no voice service.

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[Ghost_1]

Don't get me wrong I still <3 T-Mo. just a little PO'D I kept people saying carp about my carrier.

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[zmartin9876]

I'm close to Richmond Virginia and I have had 4g service all day.

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[dkerns06]

I was on the 28th floor of the US Steel building in pittsburgh and it was shaking our building for about 10 seconds. My phone was fine but our corporate internet connection slowed to a crawl.

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[mahgninnuc93]

That's crazy how we are prepped here in CA, awaiting the big one, yet it hits the other side.
Hope you are all well. Tmobile in LA has fast response disaster units specific to that
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We have the 5.8 tremors here in.California every nite when I snore.

Hope you east coast family members are hanging in there.

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[uploder]

im in central jersey and i felt it. shook my whole house for like 10 seconds. it was pretty cool! lmao

 

[dkb218]

We have the 5.8 tremors here in.California every nite when I snore.

Hope you east coast family members are hanging in there.

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A 5.8 on he West coast is not he same 5.8 on the East coast. The deeper the earthquake occurred, the less the tremors will travel. West coast quakes usually happen pretty deep under the Earth's surface. The East coast quake was pretty shallow hence the reason it was felt over such a wide area.

 

[Mister Hat]

Thank you for your prayers everyone! The quake ravaged my backyard in DC.

 

[tackleberry]

As much as I hate to admit it, but if you want service all the time, get Verizon. It was the only thing working properly on long island during 9-11. Tmobile cannot support emergency overloads let alone a convention in Las Vegas. Att I'm sure is worse. Sprint can't handle it either but probably better than att

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[antrax360]

I got simple mobile and nothing happened to my phone, everything worked as usual. ny