http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/18/blackberry-outage-spreads/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:31:08 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/18/blackberry-outage-spreads/comment-page-1/#comment-202356 Ben Bryant Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:58:59 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/18/blackberry-outage-spreads/#comment-202356 Every radio ham, telephone co. and power co knows that intensive solar activity (e.g. solar flares, sun spots) can disrupt communcations that depend on certain frequencies. On April 18th there was such an occurence that knocked out GPS reception in the Northern Hemisphere. Check it out on Google. Perhaps Blackberry was afraid of starting a panic. All electrical engineers I talked to were aware of this phenomenon. Every radio ham, telephone co. and power co knows that intensive solar activity (e.g. solar flares, sun spots) can disrupt communcations that depend on certain frequencies. On April 18th there was such an occurence that knocked out GPS reception in the Northern Hemisphere. Check it out on Google. Perhaps Blackberry was afraid of starting a panic. All electrical engineers I talked to were aware of this phenomenon.

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/18/blackberry-outage-spreads/comment-page-1/#comment-191138 Aaron Myers Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:27:12 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/18/blackberry-outage-spreads/#comment-191138 Things are working okay now, I think that I can receieve e-mail. The last few e-mails to my inbox at work haven't came through yet on my handheld. My blackberry e-mail address seems to be working though, as you can see above. Things are working okay now, I think that I can receieve e-mail. The last few e-mails to my inbox at work haven’t came through yet on my handheld. My blackberry e-mail address seems to be working though, as you can see above.

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/18/blackberry-outage-spreads/comment-page-1/#comment-191084 Jackie Romulo Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:38:27 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/18/blackberry-outage-spreads/#comment-191084 This is worse than the Black Plague. This is worse than the Black Plague.

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