Down for everyone or just you? AT&T experiencing a major data outage on the East Coast.
By Paul Miller 
posted Sep 3rd 2008 9:45AM
posted Sep 3rd 2008 9:45AM
Ruh-roh. AT&T's wireless data service seems to be down in a major way, at least on the eastern half of the country. We're seeing problems with both Edge and 3G from places such as Boston, New York and St. Louis. It's primarily iPhone users pinging us on this, and in AT&T's forums, but we're guessing it's not just limited to them. How is it looking for you?[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Update: We've just spoken to AT&T and they've told us they're "aware of the reports." We'll keep our ear to the ground and update as soon as we have more.
Update 2: AT&T now tells us that it all came down to a "routing issue" in the Northeast that was patched up at 11:56AM this morning. For what it's worth, BlackBerry and text services were apparently unaffected -- but we doubt that's much consolation to iPhone users in withdrawl.
All fine here in downtown DC
oh yeah. iphone 3g is not so good.
oh- btw that's for the entire drive from west point new york to summit, nj
no joy
Wow the iPhone really sucks.
That thing is a disaster.
Hats off to Apple; they really managed to hoodwink a lot of people.
I heard some people using their iPhones to wedge open doors. Be careful though, it does tend to scratch them.
hah! I laugh every time i hear that AT&T sucks. we all knew this was true before the iphone came out, but all the fanboys stuck their fingers in their ears and hummed while they bought the latest apple toy.
what suprises me the most is that apple was dumb enough to allow their phones on at&t. can you imagine if the iphone was on verizon's reliability? people wouldn't have anything to complain about (except maybe the monthly fees!)
Yes, the iPhone is years ahead of other smartphones, including such advanced features as Copy & Paste, Flash, and MMS. The Future is here TODAY!
Im not an apple-fanboy, nor am I an iphone hater, just someone who thinks things through...
Seriously people, what makes you think it has anything to do with the iphone?
If there had been a few million additional blackberries stressing out the networks, the exact same problems would occure. It has nothing to do with the device itself, just the fact that it sold so well and has been more than att has been ready to handle is the underlying issue.
If GM were to release the Volt early, and it had a 500 mile range on the battery, millions of people would go buy them. However, putting millions of additional cars on the road (regardless of what car it is) would lead to traffic jams. The same tards saying the iphone sucks are the same tards that would say the volt sucks due to increased traffic.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OF THE DEVICE, just the additional stress added from it success.
I thought you al would have learned this by now, in light of the disproven reception issues...
Yup, theres no EDGE/3G here in Virginia.
Mine is down in Philly....has been all morning (iphone) 3g and edge both don't work, but I can get phone calls. ATT should refund everyone this month for their shotty service. My Iphone's data service has been acting funny the past few weeks. Their network just isn't robust enough to handle all the users I guess.
My Blackjack is working fine here in the Cleveland, OH area. 3G and all :)
Its back up now. I am ATT. Back end is resolved
iPhone - It just works*
* - Conditions apply (does not cover phone usage)
If the data network was down, how were BlackBerries unaffected? Methinks we're not getting the whole story... Or do they just mean the BB 'service' was working, but you couldn't actually get the data to your device? hah.
Out in Metro DC - completely.
EDGE is down in Rochester, NY
also both 3g and edge completely out in N Va...
I'm in NoVA and EDGE is down.
Edge & 3G down in Baltimore downtown, Silver Spring and Rockville MD. Just drove across all three and hated not having access to Google Maps on my iPhone.
As a side note: Sad realization on how dependent we are on phone internet availability :( *sigh*
Philadelphia edge, 3g is down
Yes, I called them at 7:30AM to report my service being down on all of my iphones. I'm from philly.
I got nothin' in Boston.
Houston is up.
My data is fine... oh, wait... I have Verizon.... ;-)
Touché ( =
same here....
Not an issue with Verizon. It's a real shame Apple and Verizon didn't work out a deal for the iPhone.
@winikeh: That wouldn't have happened. The 3G iPhone uses a WCDMA chipset. Verizon uses CDMA2000.
Basically, the iPhone uses GSM/EDGE and WCDMA, which is used is most places in the world. CDMA2000 is used in a small fraction in comparison (most of that is Verizon, too.) So, it was a no brainer for Apple to concentrate on WCDMA for 3G. Too bad they seem to have trouble integrating the 3G chip and getting it to play nice in the iPhone.
The one thing Verizon does that doesn't piss me off is their network.
Phones, UI, Get it Now = All Suck.
But I have never had a problem with service.
This ATT 3g rollout blows! Even my last Sprint phone the Mogul PPC-6800 on EVDO rev A. blows my iPhone 3g out of the water!!!
ATT- fastest network my A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ByronGman
Dude, while I agree that Get It Now sucks, if it wasn't for VZW raking in all that cash from Get It Now, they might not have all that money to make their network so kick ass.
VZW = AT&T if it didn't have that Get It Now cash.
I've had more headaches on Verizon than any other network. My BlackBerry - both old and new - constantly flip back and forth between EV-DO and 1X... and half the time when they are in full reception EV-DO, they just don't connect to the interweb at all. Now that's reliability for ya!
Mine too... Oh wait, I have Sprint :)
i know it says east coast, just going to say west coast seems fine..
I'm doing fine in the Memphis metropolitan area. I have full strength and full speed 3g.
Raleigh, NC still ridin on 3G
+1
Working great in Raleigh still.
Works fine in Detroit Metro area.
It is up in Minnesota
Columbus, Ohio - Running perfectly on 3G at this time. Hopefully it doesn't go out..what will I do at work all day!
3G and EDGE also working fine down here in Athens, OH
Yeah, I've been having problems since last night in DC. I have problems fairly often so I'm not sure if it is related to our current issues. Good thing the data plan is so cheap (##*$&%!!).
Completely down here in Germantown, MD
3g and edge down on my 3g iphone in and south of Boston Mass
No data at all in Schenectady...
Out in Dela-Where?!
No data service on EDGE in White Plains, NY (20 miles outside NYC).
Down for me too. All the way from Upstate down to Tarrytown... Glad to see this i thought it was my phone. Should have known ATT sucks really bad. As for the haters. I gladly take ATT's bad service and the iphone. I use the iphone 10% for voice calls 20% Edge the rest wifi and programs. Not a huge deal but can we get a little better coverage over here ATT, Just a little. Fewest dropped calls haaaaaa i used to use ATT and Verizon now i just dont talk to anyone. So my numbers are skewed they would be greater if i had it. Now i just learned to live w/o. I wonder if ATT will get better or Verizon will get iphone, perhaps hell will freeze first.
In the capital district New York, everything is good, including 3G service
No true for the four iphone users I run into regularly in downtown Albany. Everyone is unable to transfer any data.
should have been more specific I suppose, great service here in Troy, NY
also having problems in buffalo, ny
edge