Word on the street is that there will be a 4-5 hour outage of all RIM servers tonight. The outage is expected to start at 11pm PST for upgrades to the BIS servers. While I commend RIM for upgrading their servers, Friday night ain't exactly the best time to be bringing down the servers. There are probably more email and text messages sent on Friday night than any other night. After all it's happy hour, date night, movie night, etc.Well, at least the outage is set for 11pm PST & 2am EST so that is pretty late. Only you late night party dudes/dude-ettes might experience the outage. So don't be upset if you're in the middle of emailing or sending Blackberry PIN messages to your significant other and they don't respond.
You might actually have to call the other person - perish the thought.
Well regular text messages should work as well.
Wonder if the upgrades will mean faster and more reliable email delivery...
Update: Found this info:
BBCHG34023 - BlackBerry Infrastructure - database upgrade
(rescheduled) for all *NA Network subscribers in the following
locations: The Americas
Change Window Start Date and Time: 03/29/08 06:00:00 (GMT)
Change Window End Date and Time: 03/29/08 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.
BBCHG34049 - Email roaming interruption to accommodate the Americas
BlackBerry Infrastructure database upgrade all AP(MULT), EU(MULT)
subscribers in the following locations: Asia/Pacific, Europe
Change Window Start Date and Time: 03/29/08 06:00:00 (GMT)
Change Window End Date and Time: 03/29/08 10:00:00 (GMT)
Downtime Duration: 4 hour(s) and 0 minute(s)
Impact: BlackBerry subscribers using their home SIM card when roaming
in another location (GRX roaming) are not expected to be affected by
the maintenance. BlackBerry subscribers who switched to a local SIM
card when roaming in another location (Relay roaming) may be unable to
use BlackBerry services during the maintenance.
BBCHG30691 - BlackBerry Infrastructure - network component software
upgrade for all *EU Network subscribers in the following locations:
Europe
Change Window Start Date and Time: 03/30/08 01:00:00 (GMT)
Change Window End Date and Time: 03/30/08 05:00:00 (GMT)
Downtime Duration: 0 hour(s) and 15 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.
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