Author Topic: BB service now down in the US as well! (Read 7602 times)

Mikeoracle · « **on:** October 12, 2011, 11:19:02 AM »

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/10/blackberry-outage-spreads-to-u-s/

I love;
“Dear Blackberry, I think it’s nice that you’re honouring Steve Jobs’ death with a 3 day silence.”

and;
“What did one BlackBerry user say to the other BlackBerry user?

“Nothing.”

mercaz1 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2011, 11:22:48 AM »

u should put those jokes in the jokes thread. they are pretty good

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2011, 11:34:15 AM »

The official updates of Blackberry http://www.rim.com/newsroom/service-update.shtml

henche · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2011, 11:42:03 AM »

my school just sent out an email about it. obviously, all the bb users don't see it, so I assume the point was that we could make fun of them

AsherO · « **Reply #4 on:** October 12, 2011, 12:43:02 PM »

This is another nail in RIM's coffin, how many more until they're buried?

henche · « **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2011, 12:44:42 PM »

What I would give to have shorted them a week ago.

AsherO · « **Reply #6 on:** October 12, 2011, 12:48:44 PM »

Quote from: henche on October 12, 2011, 12:44:42 PM

What I would give to have shorted them a week ago.

RIMM is actually up for the week, you'd do much better with AAPL (up like 10% for the week)

mercaz1 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2011, 12:58:55 PM »

rimis already the #3 smartphone having lost market share to apple and android, this might make them switch management teams

henche · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2011, 01:06:27 PM »

Quote from: AsherO on October 12, 2011, 12:48:44 PM

RIMM is actually up for the week, you'd do much better with AAPL (up like 10% for the week)

Indeed they are. Someone told me it dropped, but it looks like they were talking about over the year or so.

AsherO · « **Reply #9 on:** October 12, 2011, 01:08:54 PM »

Quote from: henche on October 12, 2011, 01:06:27 PM

Indeed they are. Someone told me it dropped, but it looks like they were talking about over the year or so.

Nope, YTD they're up 26% and 12-months trailing they're up 36%

henche · « **Reply #10 on:** October 12, 2011, 01:22:45 PM »

Quote from: AsherO on October 12, 2011, 01:08:54 PM

Nope, YTD they're up 26% and 12-months trailing they're up 36%

Yes, but they were at about 70 in February. and in august 2010. so that is down considerably since then.
So amend my wish, that I had shorted them in february. Or won the lottery.

AsherO · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2011, 01:25:14 PM »

Quote from: henche on October 12, 2011, 01:22:45 PM

Yes, but they were at about 70 in February. so that is down considerably since then.
So amend my wish, that I had shorted them in february. Or won the lottery.

Oh, RIMM... Yes, down a ton for the year (down 58% YTD).

You'd have to short a ton of shares to compare to winning the lottory jackpot prize.

mercaz1 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2011, 01:50:02 PM »

if i won the lottery then bb being down wouldnt bother me since i would have an iphone

henche · « **Reply #13 on:** October 12, 2011, 01:56:11 PM »

Quote from: AsherO on October 12, 2011, 01:25:14 PM

You'd have to short a ton of shares to compare to winning the lottory jackpot prize.

Maybe that's what made it go down

sky121 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2011, 06:04:01 PM »

Quote from: mercaz1 on October 12, 2011, 01:50:02 PM

if i won the lottery then bb being down wouldnt bother me since i would have an iphone

Lol. This is why I vote iphone. Or android. Or windows. Or anything else...

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SuperFlyer · « **Reply #15 on:** October 16, 2011, 06:56:42 AM »

http://www.rim.com/newsroom/service-update.shtml

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2011, 02:38:29 PM »

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Research in Motion Ltd. (RIMM, RIM.T) said Monday it will offer a selection of apps worth more than $100 to BlackBerry customers affected by its service problems last week.

RIM's enterprise customers will also be offered one-month free technical support.

In a brief statement, RIM said the apps will be offered "free of charge to subscribers as an expression of appreciation for their patience during the recent service disruptions."

Co-Chief Executive Mike Lazaridis, who apologized for the outages last week, said the company is "grateful to our loyal BlackBerry customers for their patience", and will "work tirelessly to restore their confidence."

"We are taking immediate and aggressive steps to help prevent something like this from happening again," he added.

RIM fully restored services to its global network early last Thursday, and apologized for the prolonged outage, which started last Monday. The outage started with a failure in RIM's European data center and cascaded across the world.

The apps, which include Bejeweled, Bubble Bash 2, and Shazam Encore, will be available to customers over the coming weeks on BlackBerry App World until Dec. 31.

Current enterprise customers will be offered a complimentary one month extension of their existing technical support contract, and customers who don't have a technical support contract will be offered a one-month free trial, according to RIM.

Copyright © 2011 Dow Jones Newswires

AsherO · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2011, 02:46:44 PM »

Anyone get a service credit from Sprint for this outage?

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2011, 02:53:34 PM »

Quote from: AsherO on October 17, 2011, 02:46:44 PM

Anyone get a service credit from Sprint for this outage?

by sprint you get a credit if there are no problems....

sky121 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2011, 03:25:55 PM »

Quote from: SuperFlyer on October 17, 2011, 02:53:34 PM

by sprint you get a credit if there are no problems....

+1

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