BlackBerry Internet Outage Hits U.S.

By: on 10.13.11
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BlackBerry users around the world have been left with sporadic Internet service due to equipment failures. The outage recently spread to the United States, limiting email, BlackBerry Messenger and web browsing abilities. If Research In Motion can’t fix this as soon as possible, it will have a hard time stopping customers from fleeing. Read the full article at NYTimes.com

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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  • Pk

    So when is the “media-at-large” going to do more than surface reporting. Yes the outage is a real PITA. But most of us have more than one way of communicating with the world and anyone who works in electronics knows that outage can – and will – occur. A coincident story about a hacker getting celebrity pictures through hacking email indicated the hacker got into Apple, Yahoo and GMail accounts – not Blackberry it seems!
    Maybe there are some differences. The media should likely compare apples to apples (pun intended) and not try to compare what is essentially consumer products with enterprise level technology. – I do not own Rim shares or have any interest in the company – I have had a Blackberry for many years and will keep it.