Never put down to malice which can be more easily explained by stupidity.. or in this case failure.
RIM explained the problem earlier.. "The messaging and browsing delays being experienced by BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile and Argentina were caused by a core switch failure within RIM's infrastructure. Although the system is designed to failover to a back-up switch, the failover did not function as previously tested. As a result, a large backlog of data was generated and we are now working to clear that backlog and restore normal service as quickly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience and we will continue to keep you informed." This appears to have been a result of a change on monday "The problems began at about 11am on Monday. The Guardian understands that RIM was attempting a software upgrade on its database but suffered corruption problems, and that attempts to switch back to an older version led to a collapse" http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/12/blackberry-outage-executive-apologies?newsfeed=true thanks andrew On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 3:47 PM, andrew.wallace < andrew.wall...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > Guys the outage has moved to U.S and Canada, I think we need to look at > this perhaps being sabotage. > > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20119163-266/blackberry-service-issues-spread-to-u.s-and-canada/ > > > Andrew > > > > ________________________________ > From: Frank Bulk <frnk...@iname.com> > To: outa...@outages.org > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 7:32 PM > Subject: Re: [outages] News item: Blackberry services down worldwide, Egypt > affected (not N.A.) > > > And continues: > “RIM'S SERVICE OUTAGE CONTINUES INTO DAY 2” > http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=29652&cat=Politics > > Frank > > From:andrew.wallace [mailto:andrew.wall...@rocketmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 2:52 PM > To: frnk...@iname.com > Cc: outa...@outages.org > Subject: Re: [outages] News item: Blackberry services down worldwide, Egypt > affected (not N.A.) > > RIM shares down as BlackBerry outage continues > > > http://www.marketwatch.com/story/rim-shares-down-as-blackberry-outage-continues-2011-10-10 > > Andrew > > > ________________________________ > > From:Frank Bulk <frnk...@iname.com> > To: outa...@outages.org > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 2:47 PM > Subject: [outages] News item: Blackberry services down worldwide, Egypt > affected (not N.A.) > > > http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/23792/Business/Economy/Blackber > ry-services-down-worldwide,-Egypt-affected.aspx > > FYI > > _______________________________________________ > Outages mailing list > outa...@outages.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages > > > _______________________________________________ > Outages mailing list > outa...@outages.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages >
