Looks like Verizon is experiencing a data outage now on the east coast. Problems with BlackBerry Data, SMS, & PIN. Thanks to Tom and others for sending it in.
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DavidB Not Registered
Posted: January 8, 2009 at 5:40 PM EST from my BlackBerry 8830
No outage here in Northern Virginia.
Tom ( View Profile) Enthusiast - Posts: 365
Posted: January 8, 2009 at 5:52 PM EST
Appears to be up and down… I drove from Upstate NY to Baltimore today, and I lost data services somewhere northeast of Philadelphia — data services came back for a short period of time (minutes), and now they are back down here in Baltimore.
Ben Pike Not Registered
Posted: January 8, 2009 at 6:05 PM EST
Here in the North Eastern part of Alabama I did notice my EVDO disappear for a little bit while driving through a rural area, but no data outages.
Tom ( View Profile) Enthusiast - Posts: 365
Posted: January 8, 2009 at 6:13 PM EST
I spoke too soon — I rebooted my 8830, and all data services appear to have returned to normal.
FYI, while things were down, the homescreen displayed “1x” instead of “1XEV”. Affected services included BIS, BES, web browsing [all phones, not just BlackBerry], picture messaging [all phones], Mobile Web, tethering, etc. — SMS still worked as normal.
grinch Not Registered
Posted: January 8, 2009 at 6:40 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9530
It is over for the time being. It was caused by a cut fiber link in Boston. It has since been routed around while repairs take place.
DavidB Not Registered
Posted: January 8, 2009 at 6:41 PM EST from my BlackBerry 8830
SMS would if phone service is still up. SMS uses a CDMA control channel, not EV-DO data.
JEF Not Registered
Posted: January 8, 2009 at 7:07 PM EST
Ok…This explains things. Guess that I wasn’t the only one to have problems.
Tom ( View Profile) Enthusiast - Posts: 365
Posted: January 8, 2009 at 7:56 PM EST from my BlackBerry 8830
So much for “It’s the network!”
John Not Registered
Posted: January 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM EST
Okay here in Western PA. Never lost data all day…
Kenny Not Registered
Posted: January 9, 2009 at 12:09 AM EST
No loss in NYC
dima Not Registered
Posted: January 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM EST from my BlackBerry 8830
Didn’t notice any outage here in boston, must have been very short.
chrissy Not Registered
Posted: January 14, 2009 at 9:16 AM EST
Ever since this outage I’ve been having data problems here in Baltimore. I get 1x and 1xevdo for at least an hour a day. In store vzw reps are idiots and customer service is a joke when they don’t understand what you’re saying and do not speak English. Full power down and battery pulls temp fix but what’s the point in paying this ASStronomical bill when it seldom works and is often unreliable at best.