Blackberry Outage (UPDATE): Email Problems Reported By Users

UPDATE 12/23/09: Blackberry users reported a second Blackberry outage December 22, 2009. For details on this event, which also involved delayed email delivery, see the Huffington Post's coverage of the December 22 Blackberry outage.

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UPDATE 2:41PM ET:Research In Motion has issued a statement confirming the email outage, although without an explanation of why email service had been interrupted.

Bloomberg reports,

Technicians are working on the outage, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company said in an e-mailed statement today. Phone service and Web browsing aren't affected, RIM said.

Many users are still reporting troubles with their email, and it appears the outage has not been completely resolved.

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UPDATE 12:39PM ET: The Blackberry outage seems to have been resolved, with users reporting that email function and capabilities have returned.

Follow the Twitter feed below for real-time updates on the network's status.

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Blackberry users on several networks are reporting a possible Blackberry outage, noting that they have had problems sending and receiving emails.

SoftSailor reports:

After the Sprint Error 2112 which cause a SMS outage among the carrier's subscribers, now we have a BlackBerry outage across America. Lots of users reports issues with their BlackBerry Internet Service and RIM officially acknowledged the problem saying that this is their fault not the carriers' fault. BIS users from all over North and South America are now experiencing problems in receiving emails on their handsets, however, phone, data and other services work fine.

Twitter users have reported that Blackberry users on Verizon and AT&T networks have been affected.

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Comments

[jon king]

09:07 PM on 01/23/2010

we have a blackberry server in the office with 9 users , 3 of the 9 users were down all today
TO MUCH PROBLEMS WITH BLACKBERRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - SHELL WE MOVE TO WINDOWS?!

[t seq]

02:25 AM on 12/23/2009

Still out in The Netherlands at 830am CET on the 23rd.

[LibMass]

04:13 PM on 12/18/2009

Still no Blackberry service in Olympia, WA. Been out since Wednesday Evening.

[LibMass]

04:20 PM on 12/18/2009

Forgot to mention that I get my service from AT&T. Seems like some Verizon folks are getting emails. GRRR

[noura03]

09:32 AM on 12/18/2009

finally back in ny

[roadworker]

11:00 PM on 12/17/2009

Did they fix it ?mine is still out I called Tmobile and no one Knows anything (again)

[noura03]

08:10 PM on 12/17/2009

NOTHING!

[beedleklaw]

08:05 PM on 12/17/2009

Berkeley, California. Still not getting emails on my blackberry.

Why do all the news outlets keep saying everything is working now? Not a single person I know has their blackberry email working and apparently neither do most of the people on this message board.

I don't get it.

[gypsywitch]

07:03 PM on 12/17/2009

Still out in Everett WA. Verizon

[ANONYMOUS88888888]

04:31 PM on 12/17/2009

Blackberry outage still in full force here in Grand Rapids MI (Verizon)!!!

[CharlotteV]

04:13 PM on 12/17/2009

Resolved? NOT! I've been offline since 1 a.m. in North Carolina w/Verizon service. It's always something.

[Andrea Soule]

03:10 PM on 12/17/2009

mine's been in and out all morning in Texas...

[laurah2215]

02:31 PM on 12/17/2009

My BB email was not working this morning ( I am with the Bell Mobility network in Canada) but seems to be working limitedly now.

[Naomi Gargano]

02:18 PM on 12/17/2009

My blackberry is still out, I read everything is back up? anyone else still out?

[MMCQuarterback]

02:21 PM on 12/17/2009

Still out in Ann Arbor, MI.

[Larryjk]

01:38 PM on 12/17/2009

Emails SOP in 38382...Verizon

[help4mac]

01:30 PM on 12/17/2009

Yeah! Now Erin's Burden is off the net.