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06-16-2005, 07:13 AM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Boston area
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Carrier: AT&T
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Cingular GSM /GPRS outages in the Boston area
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Started yesturday afternoon. Cingular said there was a major nationwide outage. The outage would impact all GSM, and then GPRS only. GPRS came back shortly last night and is now out again.
Anyone else?
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06-16-2005, 08:07 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Boston
Model: 9000
Carrier: AT&T
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None of my Cingular users have reported issues in Boston this morning. My 7290 dropped GPRS a few times but has been fine downton since 8am.
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06-16-2005, 11:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Model: 8310
Carrier: ATT Wireless
Posts: 120
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I know, I know 3000 miles away, but the LA area lost TMO GPRS service about 6pm PDT Wed and came back on sometime during the night. (as an aside I am a Boston native, Go Sox!)
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06-17-2005, 09:06 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Model: 8703e
Carrier: Sprint
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I also have many users down with GPRS issues - Cingular /T-mobile
GO SOX - Hell Yea can you say x2
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06-17-2005, 09:07 AM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Jun 2005
Model: 8100
Carrier: Cingular
Posts: 129
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haha damn should have checked here first...just got off the phone with cingular and they said the same thing...
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06-17-2005, 09:12 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: MD/DC Area (USA)
Model: 8300
Carrier: AT&T
Posts: 31
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Cingular 7280 user in DC
Just got word that there is an outage in Washington, DC.
Looks like East coast is affected.
No ETA when we'll be back online.
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06-17-2005, 09:20 AM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Sep 2004
Model: 8703e
Carrier: Verizon
Posts: 66
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Yep...we are down in Tennessee. Funny thing is my Radio has been turning off / on by itself for a while now. Very strange.
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06-17-2005, 09:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Milwaukee
Model: 8100
Carrier: T-Mobile
Posts: 13
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I'm over in Milwaukee, WI.
Nothing's working here. Cingular, Nextel, Tmobile...etc...None of them!
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06-17-2005, 09:24 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Carrier: T-Mobile
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In Fort Worth, we've been having issues with T-Mobile phones switching to GSM mode and not switching back. I've had to tell people to remove their batteries and when the phone comes back up, it works again.
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06-17-2005, 09:25 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Model: iOS 5
Carrier: VZW
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No data service on Long Island for any of our Blackberries. We have Cingular, Nextel, Verizon and T-Mobile.
I guess its safe to assume that this problem is on the RIM network, and not the individual carriers ?
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06-17-2005, 09:27 AM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: RDU
Model: 9810
OS: 7.0.0.261
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Cingular told me it's RIM's problem. I see GPRS but get no mail, either from the BIS or link2exchange.
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06-17-2005, 09:34 AM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Model: 8310
PIN: 243b354f
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I was told it is affecting all Nextel, Cingular, and Tmobile users in North America.
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06-17-2005, 09:38 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Well my Nextel is working fine. Try sending yourself a PIN.
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06-17-2005, 09:49 AM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Jun 2005
Model: 8100
Carrier: Cingular
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anyone get anything out of this problem?
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06-17-2005, 09:52 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Model: 8130
Carrier: Sprint
Posts: 104
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T-mobile told me it was a state wide GPRS problem and there was no ETA on resolution, so the whole United States should be affected.
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06-17-2005, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stonent
In Fort Worth, we've been having issues with T-Mobile phones switching to GSM mode and not switching back. I've had to tell people to remove their batteries and when the phone comes back up, it works again.
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I had this problem a couple months ago its from t mobile upgrading thier switches. Their towers are not carrying the correct signals. What happens is blackberrys need incoming, outgoing, and something else. Your tmobile switches are not configured correctly and it's only functioning with two of the three required signals for blackberrys. If it's not working after this whole outage is done call tmobile incessantly and make them fix this.
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06-17-2005, 10:04 AM
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Oh I reported it to them and they said "I'm not showing any issues in Fort Worth" and that's as far as I could get with them.
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06-17-2005, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Houston
Model: 9000
Carrier: AT&T
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No joy in Houston
Houston'd dead for data too. And I just had my transmitter turn itself off. Turned it back on myself and GPRS is on. Still no data.
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06-17-2005, 10:08 AM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NJ
Model: 8830
Carrier: Verizon
Posts: 191
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Cingular data support says its RIM server outage, affecting web and BES. no ETA. Said that in a few hours the smart thing to do is a soft reset, which is removing battery without turning off the unit first. They said even without that the BB should work once the service is back up, but sometimes a particular BB will get 'stuck', and the soft reset will force a registration, which will fix anything
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06-17-2005, 10:09 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: in the Lone Star state
Model: 8100
Carrier: Cingular now AT&T
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spotty coverage in texas too
ours here in the Lone Star state starting acting up yesterday afternoon...still having major problems getting email forwarded to the 7290 from BWC. I was on the phone 30 minutes with Customer Care this morning...said it could be at least 24 hours or longer before its resolved.
It's going to be a long weekend....(sigh.)
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