[NBLUG/talk] Anybody know what a "data jam" is?

[Omar Eljumaily]

I apologize for yet another post concerning my Linux based remote 
tunnels.  We had one of the connections go down, and it turned out to be 
Verizon's 4g LTE connection freezing.  Tech support said there was a 
"data jam."  Is this a technical term or is it just tech support giving 
a euphemism for their device locking up?

We had to take the battery out, and reboot the device.  Does anybody 
have experience with keeping cellular internet connections up for long 
periods of time?  I'm wondering if there is a more stable solution.

 From the Linux side, the tunnels are very reliable.  The only problem 
arises when the internet connection goes down for short periods of time 
and SSH thinks the connection is still active.  In that case I have to 
kill the connection from the server side so it will restart itself, but 
we don't have to go to the remote site to fix it.

Thanks,

Omar