# RIM Outage - an Outrage?

[oval_man]

Blackberry.....Oh my Berry!!!!......r u ok???


Blackberry services became useless on 3rd consecutive day! WTH!







Source: BlackBerry blackout enters day three - Telegraph


Users Suffer New Blackberry Crash, Articles | THISDAY LIVE

[asingh]

Ya, they are still down.

[maddy1205]

Seems BlackBerry was honoring Steve Jobs' death with a 3-day silence..

[socrates]

Now come the 'reasons'
RIM has finally lifted the lid on the reasons behind the worldwide BlackBerry outages over the last two days, but still hasn't given a date for when normal service will be resumed.
The worldwide BlackBerry crash has seen millions of users up in arms about not being able to access the likes of BBM, email and the internet Damn those stupid core switches. RIM explains reasons for BlackBerry crash | News | TechRadar UK

Update: 2011 hrs
RIM: No evidence BBM failure is a hack. Crisis conference call addresses concerns as outage rumbles on. RIM's chief technology officer David Yach has ruled out the possibility of a hack being responsible for the outage affecting BlackBerry users across the globe.RIM: No evidence BBM failure is a hack | News | TechRadar UK