The company appears to have completely lost focus on network well-being.
There is little pro-active - and no preventative maintenance on our network elements.
A quick glance though Netcool, (our alarm monitoring platform), shows many alarms / faults of various severity that have existed for months and in some cases - years !
For example, if you are in alarm surveillance, check how many mobile base stations have active FIRE ALARMS which go way back to the dawn of time. Bush fire season is almost upon us. How are we meant to know when a real fire starts in a base station?
Continuously neglecting small problems will inevitably lead to disaster in the network.
The next senate hearing should examine this disease in the company.