BlackBerry Forums Support Community
              

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old 03-21-2008, 05:42 PM   #1
Jack T. Chance
CrackBerry Addict
 
Jack T. Chance's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: East Coast, USA
Model: Priv
OS: 5.1.1
Carrier: T-Mobile
Posts: 502
Exclamation ATTENTION: BlackBerry Service Outage Planned for Saturday, 3/22/08!

Please Login to Remove!

Just found out about this from Engadget. They posted the news this afternoon:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Engadget
BlackBerrys going down tomorrow -- on purpose this time
Posted Mar 21st 2008 1:52PM by Chris Ziegler

Well, this is refreshing, we guess: a warning that RIM's North American services are going to go down before it actually happens. Waterloo sent out a note this week that it'll be taking down the giant, scary, HAL-like machines that power BlackBerrys operating in the United States and Canada tomorrow, Saturday the 22nd, from 6AM to 10AM GMT. Translated, that's 2AM to 6AM EDT, which we figure is a relatively painless period for RIM to be knocking out service, all things considered. It looks like virtually everything involving data could be affected, including sending and receiving messages, registering devices, and web browsing -- but let's be honest, if you're checking your email on your phone at 4AM, you need to put the darned thing on the nightstand and catch some shut eye.

[Via Boy Genius Report]

Well, that's just great! I'm a night owl, so somebody up there obviously has it in for me! What will I do at 2 AM when there's nothing on TV and I can't surf the interwebs with my CrackBerry?!?

I guess I'll just pull out some comics and READ.

Anyway... at least they warned us this time. Yay?

EDIT: Apologies if this was already posted and I missed it. I checked through the entire first page of this forum, and the first page of the BlackBerry In The News Forum, and saw no mention of it.
__________________
Jack T. Chance's BlackBerry 8700 & 8900 Wallpapers

Don't steal other people's avatars! Make your own! >=(

Last edited by Jack T. Chance; 03-21-2008 at 05:44 PM..
Offline  
Old 03-21-2008, 06:07 PM   #2
NJBlackBerry
Grumpy Moderator
 
NJBlackBerry's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
Model: SGS7
Carrier: Verizon
Posts: 27,948
Default

Yep.. Everyone who subscribes to -= Dataoutages.com =- got an e-mail three days ago.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/blac...ge-3-22-a.html
Offline  
Old 03-21-2008, 06:13 PM   #3
Jack T. Chance
CrackBerry Addict
 
Jack T. Chance's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: East Coast, USA
Model: Priv
OS: 5.1.1
Carrier: T-Mobile
Posts: 502
Exclamation

Quote:
Originally Posted by NJBlackBerry View Post
Yep.. Everyone who subscribes to -= Dataoutages.com =- got an e-mail three days ago.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/blac...ge-3-22-a.html
Ah, OK. I forgot to check the BlackBerry Network Forum... D'OH!

Odd, though, that Boy Genius Report didn't find out about it until yesterday... they usually have such good inside info well ahead of anyone else.
__________________
Jack T. Chance's BlackBerry 8700 & 8900 Wallpapers

Don't steal other people's avatars! Make your own! >=(
Offline  
Old 03-23-2008, 02:33 AM   #4
ABuehrlen
Thumbs Must Hurt
 
ABuehrlen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Model: 8320
Carrier: T-Mobile
Posts: 66
Default This Update Is On Hold!!!

Per the News report in the link that I am including from one of our local news stations here in St. Louis this update will be re-scheduled for a later date due to the massive flooding here. The federal Emergency Management officials here use them and wont be able to communicate if it goes down because they are on the flood sites.

http://www.ksdk.com/money/business_a...storyid=142701
__________________
___________________
Blackberry 8320 Curve Through T-Mobile w/ Jabra 250v

Last edited by ABuehrlen; 03-23-2008 at 02:34 AM..
Offline  
Old 03-23-2008, 02:55 AM   #5
macflauaus
Knows Where the Search Button Is
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Model: 8130
Carrier: Verizon
Posts: 48
Default

Did they schedule it for now? Because my BlackBerry has no email.
Offline  
Closed Thread


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


Lot of 2 IBM Correctable Ribbon Cassette Black 1299300 NOS Original OEM picture

Lot of 2 IBM Correctable Ribbon Cassette Black 1299300 NOS Original OEM

$12.00



New 2 Sets of 2 (4) keys total OEM 9952 IBM Keys for Cash Drawers Displays Locks picture

New 2 Sets of 2 (4) keys total OEM 9952 IBM Keys for Cash Drawers Displays Locks

$14.99



IBM CASH DRAWER KEY'S #9960 SET OF 2 KEYS. AFTERMARKET KEY'S SAME AS OEM 33G3360 picture

IBM CASH DRAWER KEY'S #9960 SET OF 2 KEYS. AFTERMARKET KEY'S SAME AS OEM 33G3360

$18.00



IBM OEM PN/7032253 or PN/7032252 Projection Lamp - New in Box Old Stock EPZ picture

IBM OEM PN/7032253 or PN/7032252 Projection Lamp - New in Box Old Stock EPZ

$8.46



IBM  oem Manual Selectric 2000 Quietwriter Typewriter 6750 / 6750-2 Operators picture

IBM oem Manual Selectric 2000 Quietwriter Typewriter 6750 / 6750-2 Operators

$25.00



OEM  IBM Type 5441 WheelWriter 3 1356658 1362400-02 Main Boards Tested Working picture

OEM IBM Type 5441 WheelWriter 3 1356658 1362400-02 Main Boards Tested Working

$49.99







Copyright © 2004-2016 BlackBerryForums.com.
The names RIM © and BlackBerry © are registered Trademarks of BlackBerry Inc.