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Update on AT&T EDGE Failures
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 19:17:57 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: July 2, 2007 6:51:03 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: Update on AT&T EDGE Failures Dave, more info on the AT&T EDGE outage, on the first business day after the iPhone activation blitz. As reported earlier, at least the Central and Western U.S. areas (including here in Los Angeles) reportedly have been (and apparently are still being) affected. Some users have seen sporadic periods of operation, followed by failures. In the case of my own EDGE (*not* an iPhone) unit, I finally had a brief period of full data operation a few minutes ago (after being down since this morning), but have now lost the network completely again. In some cases, users' phones are able to "login" to the network but then cannot transfer data. In other cases, the login procedure is also failing. AT&T claimed that they "beefed up" the EDGE network in preparation for the iPhone launch -- but perhaps they used ground beef. For those of us who depend on phone data connectivity, this is not a confidence-building development. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Founder, CIFIP - California Initiative For Internet Privacy - http://www.cifip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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