Blackberry email goes down…again
This is getting a little bit ridiculous, folks. We here at BGR have trouble putting our Blackberries down. Seriously. It’s a problem. That said, we’re getting a little bit frustrated with RIM following the 3rd service interruption in 9 months, and the second in a week. It’s poor form. Following the notorious blackout last year, RIM promised that it would never happen again. Hollow promises, as around 80% of all Berry devices in the continental US have been affected by a service outage that began around 3 am this morning. No carrier has been spared, with reports of crippled devices from Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Nextel, and Sprint. It seems that some users are finally getting back up online, but there’s been no official word from RIM regarding a projected time of resolution. Forgive us, but we’re beginning to question the reliability of our beloved BlackBerries. So sad, they’ve turned into Sidekicks.
Sprint in Phoenix is down, down, down.
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I get nothing here in Central NJ on ATT. Not even phone calls. I am now going to call it the black-out-berry.
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ATT Chicago, not down, just delayed like 5 minutes an email. Could be worse.
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my blackberry is down
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No problems here in northwest Indiana, I’ve been receiving e-mails since 6 AM
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Many problems here in West Bloomfield, Michigan! E-mails are very spotty and on my Verizon BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, e-mails are disappearing from my G-mail inbox. Is that normal???!!???
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There is a difference between BES and BIS. The outtage is for BIS. ie…those without a company Blackberry Server.
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So, here’s my question: Let’s say that hypothetically I wanted to dump my crackberry in favor of a WinMo device. What services on WinMo will most closely replicate what I have now (BIS with 3 email accounts). I have no desire to have an “always on” computer, and do not use Outlook for mail. Everything is stored on the web servers.
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works just fine here in the pheonix area
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ok i love my curve but this is seriosly getting annoying. its down in miami Fl with att. im not going to change my phone but if bb doesn’t fix this i am definently looking elsewhere come upgrade time.
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Verizon in Central NY - service issues.
Email - send seems fine, receive not happening at all for a few hours. Things are building up in gmail’s inbox but not pushing to the device.
Web - works but slow (sometimes displays 1x instead of EV. The whole city is EV, and I haven’t left home yet today so it’s not like I’m going out of coverage area).
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Off and on here. 2-3 hour delays sometimes. T-mobile, ohio
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T-Mo in SoCal… no outage.
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Now imagine if “terrorists” targeted Blackberry…
It’s silly to have so much important information infrastructure isolated into this single point of failure.
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Why all the sidekick hate? We lose signal once in awhile but that’s about it.
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I never noticed the outage at all on my Sprint BB
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I am reading alot of responses centering around gmail, which I am assuming that consumer folks are hooked on BB also. Can someone share with me why a regular consumer would want push email. What’s the killer app? Isn’t text messaging enough?
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Down in FL for TMO as well
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T-Mobile in the Philly area here. Haven’t experienced any problems with any of the previous two outtages. I got emails overnight and this morning too with no problems.
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Funny how my Exchange hosted server never has an outage in the two years I’ve been using hosted Exchange…
+1 Windows Mobile
RIM, watch out, I have clients who are reconsidering BB service now…
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I have my company e-mail on BIS, not BES. Same with my yahoo. My Company e-mail and gmail work fine, my yahoo has a huge lag. Basically service is normal, and has always been normal in the Seattle Area.
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I also suggest you guys doing a cold reboot. When you do this you reset your blackberry.
Cold Reboot: (power off, take battery out, wait 30 seconds, then put battery back in and power on).
Usually your service will be back to normal.
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No issue in denver on T-Mobile.
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………….. iPhone bitch!
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This is only for BIS, BES should be working fine
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