"Simon Gronow" <srg@babcom.net.au> wrote in message
news:47300516$0$81479$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
> BLACKBERRY users have been without emails for most of the day due to
> problems at one of Australia's biggest telecommunication companies.
>
> "I can confirm that some Optus customers have today been experiencing
> disruption to their BlackBerry data services," an Optus spokeswoman said.
>
> "Technicians have now resolved the issue and we have been progressively
> restoring customers to normal service from approximately 1pm (AEDT) this
> afternoon.
>
> "Optus apologises for any inconvenience caused to its customers by this
> disruption."
>
> It is not the first time BlackBerry users have "gone offline".
>
> In April, millions of US subscribers were unable to get emails on their
> mobile devices because of outages.
>

You get that, using a proprietary and totally fucked system with gigantic
dinosaur hand-sets



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