[MissHannah]

A friend of mine on Alltel / Verizon is currently having problems with his service in New Jersey. Can't hear people when they call, they are mumbling. Emails are delayed, not receiving texts.
He has a Blackberry and it's apparently not his phone but the service itself.

What's up with that?
It's been like that since yesterday with the wind, rain and all of that.

[John Yester]

Could be Tower issues. Has he spoken to Verizon?

[MissHannah]

Could be Tower issues. Has he spoken to Verizon?

Sadly not, he's more of a "wait til it fixed itself" kinda guy then a "Let's call see what's wrong"
I'm actually here to help him since he won't call
(Yeah, I'm a good friend)

[lastraid]

If it is a network issue, asking here will not help. He needs to call.

[MissHannah]

If it is a network issue, asking here will not help. He needs to call.

I know. I didn't ask here to get help, just to know if it was normal to get problems with Verizon/Alltel when there's bad weather.

[ibanez37]

It's rare, but it can happen. There's nothing reported on VZW's side from what I can see in the NJ area so I doubt anything major is going on. I'd advise a batt pull and see if he resolves stuff. I know I've had people call in that have went through outage periods and need to either reset the phone or dial *228 for their service to "reconnect" but that's pretty rare. I'd just have him call in lol.