Jam Man wrote:

> Occassionally these networks fail. We then ring people to advise
> them of this. It would be nice (when ringing someone at 0245) to
> be able to offer some reasoning for these failures. I can ring the
> mobile in question and hear it chirping, and for eg.. I wonder,
> well, if it answered, why is it appearing to be offline, or failed?

How are you determining that the network has failed?

You appear to be saying that even while the network has apparently has
failed (and is still in failure mode), that if you ring the mobile, it
is actually working.

Peter