Cingular Offers Wireless Tips to Help Florida Consumers Prepare for Tropical Storm Ernesto
29 Août 2006 - 2:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless realizes
the important role wireless communication plays in emergency
situations, such as Tropical Storm Ernesto, and offers the
following tips to help consumers prepare for the storm: - Program
all emergency contact numbers into your wireless phone. Store
numbers for the police department, fire station, hospital, as well
as your family members so you don't have to think about it during
and after an emergency. - Have a family communications plan in
place. Designate someone out of the area as a central contact, and
make certain all family members know who to contact if they become
separated. - Keep your wireless phone batteries charged at all
times. Use your car charger to charge your wireless phone when
power is out, or pick up a disposable battery that will give you an
hour of talk time without any charging. - Keep your wireless phone
dry and protected. The biggest threat from hurricanes is water
versus wind damage so keep your equipment safe from the elements by
storing it in a plastic sandwich or freezer bag. - Forward your
home number to your wireless number in the event of an evacuation.
Since call forwarding is based out of the telephone central office,
you will get incoming calls from your landline phone, even if your
local telephone service is disrupted at your home. In the unlikely
event the central office is isolated, call forwarding may not work.
- Try text messaging, or SMS (Short Messaging Service). Most
wireless phones today are text messaging capable, and often times
during an emergency situation such as a hurricane, text messages
will go through quicker than voice calls. More importantly, using
text messaging helps free up the voice lines for emergency
officials. - Keep non-emergency calls to a minimum. Remember to
limit your calls to the most important ones. Chances are that if
there is severe weather, many people will be attempting to place
wireless calls to loved ones, friends and business associates. If
the landline phones are not working, this probability increases. -
Wait 10 seconds before redialing a call. On many wireless phones,
to redial a number, you simply push "send" after you've ended a
call to redial the previous number. If you do this too quickly, the
data from the phone to the cell sites does not have enough time to
clear before you've resent the same data and may contribute to
network congestion. - Use your wireless phone to access weather
information. Many homes lose power during severe weather. If you
have a wireless phone that provides access to the Internet, you can
watch the Weather Channel and its new Severe Weather Mode service
through our Mobi-TV service or though My Cast Weather. - If you
have a camera phone, take, store and send photos of damaged
property to your insurance company from your device. The nation's
largest wireless carrier has invested more than $60 million this
year hardening its network in preparation for the 2006 hurricane
season. In addition to adding 1,200 permanent and portable
generators to cell sites in hurricane-prone areas, Cingular has
expanded its emergency response plan to include two new
state-of-the-art mobile command centers and two emergency
communication vehicles that can be brought into an affected area
quickly, providing full communications capabilities. "Cingular's
goal is to be as prepared as possible whenever and wherever
disaster hits," said Rudy Hermond, Cingular vice-president and
general manager for West, Central and North Florida. Cingular
provides updated information on its hurricane preparation and tips
for consumers to stay in touch during and after a storm at
http://www.cingularhurricaneupdates.com/. About Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United
States, serving 57.3 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture
between AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and BellSouth Corporation
(NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the
nation -- the ALLOVER(R) network -- and the largest
mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier.
Cingular is a leader in third generation wireless technology. Its
3G network is the first widely available service in the world to
use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. Cingular
is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(R), the
wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly
minutes. Details of the company are available at
http://www.cingular.com/. Get Cingular Wireless press releases
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http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Kelly Layne Starling of Cingular Wireless,
+1-561-775-4259, or wireless, +1-561-301-1414 Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/
http://www.cingularhurricaneupdates.com/
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