Posted on 02/11/2008 2:26:05 PM PST by BenLurkin
can you hear me now? : )
Tuesday February 12, 10:58 AM
RIM notifies of “critical” BlackBerry outage
TORONTO (Reuters) - E-mail service of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones experienced a “critical severity outage” on Monday, the company told clients in an e-mail.
“This is an emergency notification regarding the current BlackBerry Infrastructure outage,” RIM support account manager Bryan Simpson said in an e-mail. The message said the outage affected enterprise clients and “users of the Americas network.”
RIM was not immediately available for comment and its e-mail gave no estimate on when service may be restored or how many individuals could be affected. ADVERTISEMENT
Last April, a massive outage crashed BlackBerry service across North America, leaving thousands of users without access to wireless e-mail.
Co-CEO Jim Balsillie said at the time that such incidents were “very rare” and the Waterloo, Ontario-based company was taking steps to prevent such an outage from happening again.
Executives, politicians, lawyers and other professionals rely on the BlackBerry for its ability to send secure e-mails.
RIM is also adding more retail customers to its subscriber base, which late last year reached about 12 million people worldwide.
RIM shares fell to $93.14 in after-hours electronic trade, from their regular-session close of $94.47 on the Nasdaq market.
On the Toronto Stock Exchange, the shares finished the day C$4.73 higher at at C$94.62.
“BlackBerry maker Research in Motion did not immediately return a phone call.”
Waaaa, Haaaa, Haaa, Haaa!!!!
Maybe because their PHONES WERE OUT?????
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion did not immediately return a phone call.
Duh There phones don’t work.
I had issues with the last half hour, but all looks well now.
Oh sure, rub it in...
I had issues within the last half hour, but all looks well now.
I guess that explains why my husband hasn’t called me lately.
Related to the Mediterranean cable outages? Paranoia strikes deep.
Mine is working fine, but I’m not on AT&T.
LOL! Now that’s funny.
My IPHONE is working....
Everybody look what's goin' down!
That was FUNNY right there, I don’t care WHO ya are.
But I thought blackberry didn’t provide phone services just e-mail services. And then some company provide their own servers. Somethng not right with this story.
That's right -- keep it light and hopeful!
And pray! Pray with all your might!
Yah but adding the italics put me in third place!
I’m able to use the phone — email is out.
Mines been working all day. And yes I am in North America! :o)
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