Posted on 04/18/2007 6:25:48 AM PDT by RedCell
NEW YORK -- NewsChannel 4 learned of a massive system failure that affected all BlackBerry users in the western hemisphere late Tuesday.
The RIM Company, which stands for Research In Motion, developed BlackBerry technology and said its infrastructure failed around 8 p.m. Tuesday and was until about 7 a.m. Wenesday.
E-mails were not being pushed to portable blackberry devices.
Officials with RIM said they tried to reset the system and they were concerned that the backlog of data, which could cause a bigger problem as it rushes through now that the system appears to be online.
RIM officials said messages would be sent out in stages so the system does not crash.
RIM officials recommend all who depend on their BlackBerry as a major way of communication should make some back-up plans in case more problems occur Wednesday morning.
For the latest on this issue, stay with NewsChannel 4 and WNBC.com.
Massive Yuppie panic!
;^)
Mine is working again now... was out overnight, but our reports are that outages are still spotty. Some people around the country still not getting anything. We still have a backlog of messages in our queues. Apparently they’re throttling back to keep the flood of queued messages from swamping and killing the system. My guess.
“Nope - had three (each crashed for no apparent reason) before I finally decided that I’m just not important enough that people have to be able to get ahold of me 24/7.”
Actually I’m kinda the same way. I mainly use it for emails.... I have a data plan and no phone plan. I detest cellphones and have only used the “phone” part of my TREO 3 times in the last year.
Mine seems to be back up, fwiw.
I’ve got about 300 users, and they all appear to be back now and queues are clear.
I’m guessing there’s a sticky note stuck someplace over at RIM that says “Do not push this button ever again!”
My Treo wasn’t affected :-)
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