Re: Blackberry List

["Mike Lyon" <mike.lyon () gmail com>]

If anyone is interested:

> Blackberry Outage
>
> A component of the network infrastructure is experiencing a service
> interruption.
>
> Service Affected: BlackBerry All service for some *The Americas
> Network
> (MULT) subscribers in the following locations: The Americas,
>
> Summary: BlackBerry Network Infrastructure
>
> Impact: 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.
>
> BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers may be unable to use the
> BlackBerry Internet Service web site or perform activities such as
> creating new accounts, accessing their Internet mailbox, integrating
> third-party email accounts, or viewing email attachments.
>
> Devices may not receive new service books. BlackBerry Connect and
> BlackBerry-enabled devices that require a new PIN may be unable to
> receive the PIN.
>
> BlackBerry Enterprise Servers may be unable to connect to the
> BlackBerry Infrastructure.
>
> Wireless service providers and device resellers may be unable to use
> BlackBerry administration web sites or perform activities such as
> creating subscriber accounts or provisioning services for subscribers.
> [0491]
>
> Ticket Number: BB90352
>
> Incident Window Start Date and Time: 11 February 2008 15:20:00 (EST)
> Downtime Duration: Ongoing  % of Subscribers Affected: 50.00
> (estimated)
>
> Cause: To Be Determined
>
> EST =   GMT - 5 hours
>  EDT =   GMT - 4 hours
>  AEST = GMT + 10 hours

On 2/11/08, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
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> - -- "Justin Pauler - Lists" <Lists () JWPauler org> wrote:
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> > I realize this isn't the right forum for this, so, does anyone have a
> > Blackberry list that has discussions much like what we do here? Even
> > better, that might have information or alerts for when there are issues?
> >
> > I'm seeing an issue right now where phones from two independant providers
> > have not recieved updates from two independant BES servers since 2:30 PM
> > CST (that's now about 2 1/2 hours).
>
> For what it's worth, RIM has indicated that there is a large and
> "critical" BlackBerry outage in the Americas:
>
> http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1114968920080211
>
> Also, there is the "outages" mailing list:
>
> http://isotf.org/mailman/listinfo/outages
>
> - - ferg
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