We told you yesterday about a huge outage RIM had in the EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) region but RIM managed to get things back up and running by the end of the day. Now we are hearing multiple confirmed reports that it went down again sometime between 7-8AM EST this morning for EMEA users and is still down. I am hearing that an ETA for a fix is still 2-4 hours away so hopefully they stomp this bug fast. According to the Telegraph this outage happened in RIM’s data center in Slough, Berkshire which serves this region.
Some are suggesting that this is the last straw for users but I doubt it. They simply want it fixed ASAP and fixed for good. RIM was supposed to put in quite a few countermeasures to allow for redundancy between their datacenters but it looks like that has failed. Hopefully they finally nip this issue in the bud ASAP.
BTW anybody else noticing that BIS integration with Gmail in the US is MUCH faster? I am seeing read/unread sync and folders/stars syncing in seconds or minutes. I am also seeing sent messages in my inbox instantaneously and receiving messages almost as fast as BES service.
geodorn Not Registered
Posted: October 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM EST
I can confirm that BIS is again down in Austria. You can browse, you can even send emails, but you don’t receive emails.
Andre Not Registered
Posted: October 11, 2011 at 1:23 PM EST
I can confirm BIS is offline in South Africa as well.
Oguy Not Registered
Posted: October 12, 2011 at 1:36 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9700 | OS 6.0.0.570
Same here in Lebanon (mea) it is down since 48hrs now . U can browse and send emails but can’t receive emails or bbm or use any application!
Jon Not Registered
Posted: October 11, 2011 at 4:15 PM EST
In the UK all BIS services are dead. We can make calls and send/receive SMS, that’s it…for the second day in a row.
Peter Not Registered
Posted: October 12, 2011 at 10:50 AM EST
WTF….. How long is this going to be the case.
Food_4Thought Not Registered
Posted: October 13, 2011 at 9:38 AM EST
Here’s a thought…
Social media caused uprising in the middle east. U.S. accuses Iran of assassination attempt, simultaneously Blackberry systems go down. Coincidence or strange phenomenon. Just saying.
Andre Not Registered
Posted: October 13, 2011 at 9:41 AM EST from my BlackBerry 9300 | OS 6.0.0.546
Before BIS goes down AGAIN I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!