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Description: Database upgrade for all North American subscribers in
the following locations: The Americas
Change Window Start Date and Time: 03/22/08 06:00:00 (GMT) Change
Window End Date and Time: 03/22/08 10:00:00 (GMT) Downtime Duration: 4
hour(s) and 0 minute(s)
Impact: BlackBerry subscribers may be unable to send or receive
messages during the maintenance.
Subscribers may also be unable to register their device, roam in
another location, or use other services such as Internet browsing.
BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers may be unable to use the
BlackBerry Internet Service web site or perform activities such as
creating new accounts, accessing their Internet mailbox, integrating
third-party email accounts, or viewing email attachments during the
maintenance.
Devices may not receive new service books during the maintenance.
BlackBerry Connect and BlackBerry-enabled devices that require a new
PIN may be unable to receive the PIN.
BlackBerry Enterprise Servers may be unable to connect to the
BlackBerry Infrastructure during the maintenance.
Wireless service providers and device resellers may be unable to use
BlackBerry administration web sites or perform activities such as
creating subscriber accounts or provisioning services for subscribers
during the maintenance.
Phone(s):
1: BlackBerry Bold 9700 (T-Mobile)
2: Apple iPhone 3G 16gig
3: BlackBerry Storm II 9520
Provider(s):
T-Mobile
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,474
Last year I finally gave in an bought a BlackBerry. I was convinced that the promise of reliability, simplicity, reliability, security, reliability, design, and reliability would make me love the phone. Especially after all the Treos and other devices. For a few months I really was impressed. I loved my 8800! There was only one outage during that time.
I then bought an 8320. Good...but no GPS. Plus, the phone kept resetting in the middle of calls. Email failed every once in a while. Outages occurred but weren't announced...yeah, I guess the smaller ones get ignored. There are plenty of them though! I was getting annoyed with the phone AND with the service reliability.
Traded that 8320 for an 8310, unlocked for use on T-Mobile. No more resetting during calls!! Yes, a few more outages, but the phone itself was reliable enough. Still, the limited memory made browsing, even with Opera Mini, a little tedious. I just couldn't get over the outages with the super secure and ultra reliable BlackBerry service.
So, I traded for an HTC Tilt. No more outages. Not a single one. More memory for everything...browsing with Opera Mini is now fun, it has never reset in the middle of a call or any other time, and the battery life is just impressive.
Kinda worries me, too. BUT so many have started using Blackberry, millions of new users in such a short time, I worry they have exceeded their capacity to provide "AS" dependable of a service!
Last edited by GregGebhardt : 03-21-2008 at 12:58.
Phone(s):
1: BB 9700
2: Next - HTC Hero, SE X10, Touch HD2, N900, X6
3:
Provider(s):
Lord Rogers
Joined: Mar 2007
From: Mumbai/Mississauga
Posts: 9,545
Thats not really a good thing. I mean, there are soo many corporations dependent on RIM's fine services, and these outages are only angering them. I'm not an addict and I get annoyed too when my mails have delay/dont come thru for hours, I cant imagine what other's might feel.
03-20-2008, 15:28
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