Blackberry Data Outage in NA

[dlock13]

Another BB data outage except this time in the whole NA. This time data that is being affected except for e-mail. Everything else, browsing, BBM, etc., are down completely. So don't try and wipe your phone thinking you're going to fix it or something. That won't work.


Anyway, just a heads up. It's been going on for the better part of 5 hours now. RIM has been swamped lately. I wonder if it's from all of the handhelds they've been selling as of late.

Just a heads up for those that think their BB is on the fritz and don't know what to do about it! It's RIM's fault, not your BB.

Link:
http://crackberry.com/blackberry-messenger-fritz

 

[iamwiz82]

BES is also EXTREMELY screwy right now. My messages are only going through 50% of the time, the other time I get red X's. This is just insanely bad service from RIM. It's been 7 hours already.

 

[Chapbass]

I work at a BB call center (not for RIM, but others)....man today was a headache....hell the past two weeks have been.

 

[DivideBYZero]

No problems in the UK.

 

[blackangst1]

This affected all of N America.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/23/blackberry.outage/index.html

BlackBerry customers throughout North America were without e-mail and Internet services for more than eight hours after a widespread outage that lasted until early Wednesday.

Customers began receiving e-mails again around 2:45 a.m. ET. Initial reports of outages came from BlackBerry around 6:30 p.m.
BlackBerry did not give a reason for the outage. It was the second such outage for users in less than a week.

At one point, BlackBerry estimated 100 percent of its customers in North America were affected by the outage, according to an e-mail sent to customers.
"BlackBerry subscribers may be unable to send or receive messages. Subscribers may also be unable to register their device, roam in another location, or use other services such as Internet browsing," the e-mail said.

"BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers may be unable to use the BlackBerry Internet Service web site or perform activities such as creating new accounts, integrating third-party email accounts, or viewing email attachments."


http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/62891