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Bosonic Donating Member (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 01:03 PM
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Blackberry services down in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Source: BBC

Millions of Blackberry owners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been left without services following a server crash.

Owners of the smartphones were unable to browse the web, send email or instant messages.

The problem appears to have originated in a data centre in Slough which handles Blackberry services for the affected regions.

Blackberry UK said it knew about the problem and was "investigating".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15243892
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Ghost Dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 01:58 PM
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1. Single point of failure. Way to go (not), RIM.
And entirely out of tune with overall internet (diversified, resilient) philosophy.
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PSPS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 03:59 PM
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4. They have to have a "single point" to accommodate the government's desire to control/monitor traffic
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 02:32 PM
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2. OMGZ, people actually have to interact instead of texting?
What's the world coming to!?! :hide:
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 04:34 PM
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5. Or even using
a normal land line.
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SoCalNative Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 02:51 PM
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3. This could be
the final nail for Blackberry
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