I think those guys at dataoutages.com did this just to test their new data outage tracker website:

Data outage reporter

I'm down in San Francisco...what is going on????

Strangely enough when I check the SRP connection it shows successfull, but most people are seeing this in the log files (either by right clicking my computer || Manager || Event viewer and looking at the application logs, or looking in the log files where-ever yours are stored..)

Everything down here. Washington DC, same time frame as everyone else.

Interesting that once the outage hit no one's submitted! .. all on the phone to t-support. do do doo DAA DAA

On the BES manager click on the server configuration tab it will show SRP status .. likely you will see Connected like all of us ..

connected to the NOC but it's not home right now ..

do do doo DAA DAA

it was perfect timing that it all went down right when i was trying to add a new user and it didn't work, maybe it was something i did.

sorry everybody

Just got of the phone with TSupport. Their answers were...

Yes, it's broken
No, we don't know when it will be fixed.

They were a lot of help.

I can't even get through T-Support. Their number is not dialing!

NICE

uh huh, are you brave enough to post your email address or phone on here?

Dawg suggested we just yanked the plug to the RIM Network to test it.

Current hold time: 00:40:30. This music is awful..... oops, 00:41:00....

What interesting is if you recycle the BES services it drops and connects right away .. also on the config applet / router tab the TEST NETWORK CONNECTION works with no issues.

All carriers effected?

I've confirmed AT&T, Verizon not working

i was going to run and hide from the people i work with you think i want all of you after me as well?

Mexico is nice this time of year right?

In BlackBerry Manager, click on Servers. It'll list SRP status for all your BES.

You need to hide somewhere that there is no Blackberry!

I think I may as well go home...there isn't anything I can do about it from work, and I can reboot my servers (if necessary) from home......

Thanks for update, Mr. Edmunds!

What are these acronyms?
EST = GMT - 5 hours
EDT = GMT - 4 hours
AEST = GMT + 10 hours

NP - the 50% effected thing is slightly funny considering the only users now who can receive are the WiFi users....

It seems not to be a carrier issue.

Time zones...

this just sucks!!!

i just got phone calls from 15 of my 30 users within 2 minutes. :angry:

Got a confirmation from Tsupport too... Yep they do have "technical difficulty"... and no ETA.

I can receive on my BIS only device.... PIN works too on that device.

Got the first alert from At&t

From: ATTOM[SMTP:ATTMOBILITY.OUTAGE.NOTIFICATIONS@AWSMAIL.ATT. COM]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:27:15 PM
To: ATTOM
Subject: AT&T - 1-High Level Wireless Network Outage Location: All Regions ;All Markets TT000006216509 Auto forwarded by a Rule



Valued Customer,

This e-mail is to inform you of a network problem that MAY affect your Mobile Service.

Trouble Ticket Number: TT000006216509
Severity: 1-High
Description of Issue: Degradation of RIM Blackberry services Location of Issue: All Regions ;All Markets and surrounding areas

Start Time: Feb 11 2008 12:20 PM PST

Symptoms you MAY experience: RIM Blackberry users may be unable to send/receive messages or may have difficulty connecting to the network.
Estimated time of repair: Unknown

Technicians are working towards resolution as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. Thank you for your patience as we work towards resolving this issue. If you have any questions, please contact Enterprise Technical Support at 888-334-3787+PIN for more information.

I confirm. I have BES and BIS mail accounts on my device, BES is down. BIS is working

PIN messages are working now for me as well...

It has been like this for the entire outage, this is not a new development. Just want to be clear

Interesting. About 20 minutes ago I was not able to send PIN's it could have just been an issue with my device at that time, but I assumed it was the outage. Sorry for the confusion if I'm incorrect.

just got an email from our TAM saying to expect another update in 5 to 10 minutes. seems they aren't sure of the root cause, but the resolution is pending verification.

Title says it all, I show connected however, I am not sending or receiving.

My guys at Sprint/CNS confirmed the outage as well.

I finally got through to someone but I was expecting the response I got...

Hello Ajay,

Thank you for contacting BlackBerry Customer Support. We are pleased to assist you.

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with BlackBerry services. I apologize for the inconvenience. I can assure you that efforts are being taken to restore regular services.

If you require further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us either by replying to this message or by calling us at one of the numbers below.

Now on CNBC.com from RIM.

RIM notifies of "critical" BlackBerry outage - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com

"TORONTO - E-mail service of Research In Motion's <RIM.TO><RIMM.O> 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," stated an e-mail from RIM support account manager Bryan Simpson. The e-mail said the outage affected enterprise clients and "users of the Americas network."

RIM was not immediately available for comment."

Here is a link to the REUTERS story:
http://ca.reuters.com/article/techno...14968920080211

Updated Link:

RIM notifies of critical BlackBerry outage | Technology | Reuters

Did you notify them? We sent a firmwide email alert telling our users that Blackberry was down (within 20 minutes of the issue). We also send a PIN Message to all of our Blackberry users with the same info.

Are they happy, no... though they are informed.

We are also experiencing an outage.
We tried to send a PIN to PIN message to all of our users but that doesn't work either. We are going to try to send a text message through the phone so our remote people will get the message it is out.

Has anyone heard from RIM an official statement as to why or how long??

Finally got thru to T-Support. Same story as everyone else: Yep, we know it's broken. No, we don't have an ETA.

No, you should not have to reboot your servers when services are restored (I'm not so warm and fuzzy about this one).

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