Black Berry Messenger down

[Jay]

http://www.businessinsider.com/blackberry-service-down-across-europeagain-2011-10
http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/10/11/blackberry-messenger-down-again-bis-follows/


This is why cloud computing is not the be all and end all 

[Bellend]

Bit late, riots were over months ago. 

[R32UK]

was just going to say that its old news only to find this was for the second down 


It probably is part of testing for when 'people' rebel 

[Steve30]

There all going over to Apple now Siri 4S , RIM is only good for the bin !! My partners daughters has had nothing but problems with BB its been a pile of rubbish changed twice in 2 months

[mcgee9t2]

meh. bbm is a pile of wank anyway. just another way for people to annoy you.

[Jay]

nothing but problems with BB its been a pile of rubbish changed twice in 2 months

To be fair I see problems with Android handsets and the almighty Jesus phone more often than BB's, and the BB's having issues were in use by a construction company and they get dropped out on site in water/mud/concrete. Since moving to the Jesus phone I've had no calls to set them up, but that's because they do it themselves, so I hate to guess how many iphone4's have been 'bricked'  

[R32UK]

meh. bbm is a pile of wank anyway. just another way for people to annoy you.

its called communication... its what a phone is for 

[Jay]

It's a paperweight when it fails at being that 

more info on the problem, seems like a basic error to have made.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15270955

[JulesS3]

Goodbye RIM, nice knowing you

[R32UK]

yep.. very shocking i must say. no updates, reasons for last down time etc etc

tbf its been very reliable over the last 4/5 years I have been on bb, but their level of response when something does go wrong leaves much to be desired  


will i look at the other options come upgrade time??? i always do