SIRASA DID NOT BLOCK SMS VOTES
To Everyone, who is still thinking like this,
I posted this coz I saw several threads/posts saying that Sirasa blocked SMS votes for Surendra at the finals, day before yesterday 2007.10.27
HimashaXX said:#LINK
Sirasa bloked the Surendra's SMS & in Halawatha area "Lanka bell" lines out of service from Saturday evening....
Damn sirasa prove it again.....
supun said:
Martin said:
That's not the actual problem
,(7788 is the SMS port number of Sirasa Super Star)
Sirasa Network's 7788 Port had ultimate data traffic incoming,
Because there was thousands of SMS messages were recieving in every second that day.
This is a normal thing..
Well- Let's take out an example :
Lets say Dialog,
If every customer of Dialog tries to make calls or send SMSes at the same time (like when that Tsunami alert comes) System gets crashed and stucked due to heavy access traffic.. Then calls wont connect / SMSes wont deliver. It's like our SMS is waiting in the que, cant go near to reach her/his phone (In this case it's the SSS SMS Port/Server), coz lots of SMSes are in front of him
That is the thing which actually happens,
And, Pradeepta th Surendrata th wena wenama kiyala naa..
The SMS waits in que to go to 7788
And when it reaches the time-out period,
It wont get delivered.
This is a usual happening,
And Surendra/Pradeep kiyala wisheshayak naa
Superstar kiyala wisheshayakuth naa
Even, Sirasa 7788 number eka kiyala wisheshayakuth naa
Ona welawaka, Onema network ekaka oka wenna puluwan,
Welath thiyenawa meeta kalin..
(Example : Awurudu Day, New Year, 31st Night, Tsunami Alert day etc; )
haarshlife said:#LINK
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MMM.. They can,
Then there should be two numbers,
like 7788 for Pradeep and 7789 for Surendra i.e
Lets say it's 7788 for Pradeep and 7789 for Surendra,
But the problem is it will be the same..
Coz if the traffic is too high on servers then SMS won't reach 7788 nor 7789 even
Normally SSS SMS Port 7788 is handled by Dialog
If number of ports from Mobitel, Tigo, Hutch to Dialog server is filled with users (SMSes),
Then SMS won't reach Dialog server.
Dialog server re-directs the SMS to 7788 or 7789 port just when it recieves the message.
That's how the SMS system works.
Then it will not reach the 7788 or 7789 coz it didn't reach the Dialog server
As I know, Dialog has a SEPERATE server for short code numbers
(like 7788). Or else the problem will get worst. Lets say if they combine the 7788 server with 0775xxxxxx numbers, then any of the customers who has 0775xxxxxx numbers will not recieve 99% of their SMSes during SSS night and traffic will get worst (the data traffic of 0775xxxxxx users will also be added).
Ever tried sending a SMS on the 31st night or New Year Day
?And at here, Yesterday, Even if u try sending a SMS to someone other than SSS, who has a Dialog number.. Ratio of not delivering of that message is high. But that ratio is not that high coz they use a seperate server to avoid ultimate traffic and conjestions.
If they wants to solve this issue,
They have to maximize connections everywhere + maximize servers.
That's not practical. And Expensive too. And everyother networks have to do the same.
Hope u got it
I ment by traffic : Amount of data transfered
About the Halawatha area LankaBell problem
- Why would they ever block Lanka Bell phone's at Halawatha, where is a rural and low telephone/Lanka Bell user ratio comparing to Colombo?
- Did you check all the Halawatha phones ? Or its just you/your friend is at Halawatha and his/hers phone is out of service?
- Did you check the bills of the LankaBell users who has gone out of service, whether they have settled it?
- Normally if there is a repair their will be a out of service issue.
- LankaBell phone's are wireless. I don't know about the level of signal strength. If it it low, like a Mobile phone, eventually No Network Coverage will occur.
- Lanka Bell also had a huge incoming traffic to their server on that night. So ALL other LankaBell users may had a slight performance issue.
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People,
Please.. Don't ever say/post things without a real good knowledge about the fact. Kata katha hadenne mehemayi. I don't think Sirasa cheated on the counting system of votes. coz it's really difficult to. And If they did, They must undo the processes within minutes ne.. It's really difficult and I don't think that any member of staff will risk their job for Pradeep (nor Surendra). Remember? once their was a political vote, (somewhere around middle of the last year) two of the Sirasa staff people were fired from their jobs coz they rewired the system.
The selection of Pradeep and the number of votes he gained may depend on the following,
- People voted him.
- He's a medical student. So has a respect, little more than Surendra from the society.
- Performance of Pradeep was better than Surendra at the finals, though it was other way around in the previous events. (In my Point Of View)
- Pradeep gets votes from his Medical College staff, doctors.. then, relatives and friends. And Of course! His fans. (This is the same to Surendra too. But Pradeep has a little bit advantage. He get's his votes from his fans, relatives and friends)
- I don't think Sirasa people will select Pradeep, even if they REALLY need to cheat. Because after this event, Pradeep goes back to the Medical College for his studies and Sirasa people nor Maharaja Entertainments will catch him for future recordings/songs/CD's and cassettes. And Pradeep has a great way of income after he finishes the studies, other than singing.
- DO NOT DEGRADE or Insult, Lanka Bell, Sirasa Super Star staff, Sirasa Super Star Voting System and SMS handling system on this issue.
- DO NOT create kata katha/gossips.
Whatever you did, Maharaja Group, Dialog Telekom earned Rs. 5/- for every SMS you sent coz even it didn't deliver. (coz it passed through your home network's server).
How much you lost on last Saturday
?And I did not take any side, nor Surendra nor Pradeep. All the same for me
Post ur ideas and comments here.
If I'm wrong anywhere, just point it out for me
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