BlackBerry outage hits network in North America

[MaineDem]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The BlackBerry mobile e-mail network used by millions has been interrupted in North America, but is expected to be back to normal soon, device manufacturer Research In Motion Ltd. , said on Wednesday

BlackBerry became a technology must-have in the late 1990s for those in government, financial and legal sectors, delivering e-mail, phone calls, and the Internet to people on the move. It is now jokingly called the "CrackBerry" by many who appear addicted to the device.

"We are currently experiencing a service interruption that is causing delays in sending or receiving messages," Research in Motion said on an automated customer service help line.

A short while later, the company said that it had restored service for most customers and was reviewing the cause of the interruption.

Read more: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=OBR&Date=20070418&ID=6763202&Symbol=US:RIMM

[xultar]

1. Are people jumping from office building windows....screaming in terror through the streets?

I'm shocked cuz crackberries can be VERY VERY addicting.

[MaineDem]

2. Office umbilicals

What did we ever do when we had no electronic leashes to the office? :)

[htuttle]

3. They probably just had to replace one of the hard drives on their servers, that's all

:tinfoilhat:

[crikkett]

8. My first thought too

"data purge"

[LiberalFighter]

4. Did Rove hack into Blackberry's server so he can delete the emails?

[nebenaube]

5. that was my thought.... well sort of n/t

[xultar]

6. Where was Rove @ the time. Great question. Destined to be like the grassy knoll question.

It will go down in history.

[Marnieworld]

7. Wow I just had to deal with this

I manage about 20 BB at my job and for some reason my phone and the President's was not working today. He's away so it was vital for him to be connected. I could not understand what was wrong that it's nice to know I couldn't have stopped it.

Thanks for posting. :hi: