Cingular Offers Wireless Tips to Help Carolinas Consumers Prepare for Ernesto
29 Août 2006 - 10:59PM
PR Newswire (US)
Carrier Provides Tips for Wireless Users and Urges Customers to
Prepare for Possible Severe Weather CHARLOTTE, N.C., 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 should it hit the Carolinas: -
Program all of your emergency contact numbers into your cell phone,
including the police department, fire station and 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. Have an alternate plan to recharge your battery in case of
power outages (i.e. charging via your car charger, extra cell phone
batteries, use of a disposable cell phone battery that will give
you an hour of talk time without needing to be charged). - Keep
your wireless phone dry and protected. The biggest threat to your
device during tropical storms and hurricanes is water, 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 not in service, call forwarding may not work.
- Try text messaging, or SMS (Short Messaging Service). Most
wireless phones are now text-messaging capable, and oftentimes
during an emergency situation such as a tropical storm or
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 through 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 more than 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 should disaster strike the
Carolinas," said Alison Hall, Cingular vice president and general
manager for North and South Carolina. Cingular provides updated
information about its hurricane preparations 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: Laurie Parker of Cingular Wireless, +1-615-221-3690, or
wireless, +1-615-202-3463, or Web site:
http://www.cingularhurricaneupdates.com/
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