Say it ain't so, AT&T: reports of another East Coast data network outage
By Tim Stevens 
posted Jan 6th 2009 9:19AM
posted Jan 6th 2009 9:19AM
Were you hoping to spend the day glued to your iPhone or BlackBerry, keeping an eye on our live Macworld coverage while in the office? If you've got AT&T on the East Coast, you'd better make sure your wireless data connection is operational. Just like in September we're getting a number of tips from people on the right side reporting outages and error messages when attempting to connect. Meanwhile we're not finding any issues out here in SF or Vegas, and the Midwest appears to be going strong after last week's shenanigans. We've pinged AT&T for deets, but let us know -- what're you seeing on your end?Update: We still haven't received official word either way, but by the sounds of it data is back up for at least most of you. We'll keep after AT&T for some sort of confirmation.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Mines out! Charletson, WV.
Sweet... that's AT&T raising the bar!
Let me turn my iphone's WiFi off and check to see if I get data...
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"could not activate cellular data network"
OH HELL NO - THAT'S FKIN BULLSHT !!!!!!!!!!
Reston, VA - 5 bars, no data. (edge iphone).
This is a result of lay-off, fewer people are doing the same amount of tasks to keep the network running.
ATTW CEO should be booted
That explains why I couldn't check my email on my iPhone 3G
Get used to it y'all.
use*
mines back.
Phone works here in Martinsburg, can not connect to email.
Richmond, VA is out like a light.
I'm in Richmond (east end) but it never went out for me (Edge), unless it came back up before 8am...
Down here in Atlanta, I don't even have a signal at all. If not for this article I wouldn't have known.
After a phone reset (Fuze), I have full 3G now.
North side of ATL
I'm pulling up wikipedia articles like its my job.
Full bars at full speed.
Maybe i should get back to my job.....DAMN YOU GOOGLE READER!
yup, down for me just south of philadelphia. phooey!
Perfect Signal here in Central New Jersey.
5 Bars at Full Mast, on both, 3G and Edge.
:) Inform away !!!
I have full bars too, it just won't surf. When you tap safari it says "Can not activate cellular data network"
full 3g data in nyc
All Internet Surfing at Full Speed.
183kbits/s on Edge
953 Kbits/s on 3G
Great Service Here !!!....Go AT&T .....yepeeeeee!!!!
I have full bars w/3G and still no connection. I called up, bitched, and received a credit for the outage.
Working in Pittsburgh as of now.
I'm seeing full EVDO Rev. A service... because I bailed on AT&T and won't ever look back
Why is it that AT&T is the only network that experiences these outages? I'd really have a hard time paying for this sort of uncertainty.
In my eight years with my current carrier I've never even had a hiccup, let alone a full blown outage.
No data in Washington DC
Mine working in RTP, NC.
Working great in North Raleigh as well...
Until I tried to do a speed test, and the phone locked up, then I rebooted. Now I'm having all kinds of trouble locking onto the network. It connects, says 3G, I open Safari, it sits for a while, AT&T drops.
Haven't been able to use the data network since 7:30am today. I had to get to the office before I could find out about this problem. Grrrrr!
AT&T 3G service full bars and working normally in Plymouth, MI (West suburb of Detroit)
Out here in the DC Metro
Great signal but no data in Center City Philly.
Seems to be working in Gaithersburg, MD.
Boston is down.
My 3G is working fine but my coworker's is down.
Its in Missouri too, I am in Columbia and had no data connection since 6:30 AM GMT -6
Looks like its just EDGE....3G and Voice is working on my E71 right now but my wife's iPhone is down completely. NE PA.
Same here in Scranton, PA.
buddy in Wilkes-barre, PA has same troubles.
I've spoken to 2 other ppl with no edge
I am in Wilkes-Barre myself :-) ... 3G data seems fine, but Edge seems down. Voice is up.
You guys should hang out!
Delaware has been down for the last hour (9:25 est)
No issues in northeast NJ
Working fine in Jacksonville, Florida.
Out in NYC
Mine is out in NYC.
Here in DC, I'm getting my usual cell coverage but I cannot connect to any data network. "Could not activate cellular data network"
Glad to hear its not just me.
Out like Elton John in Stamford, CT
New Error Message: "Could not activate cellular data network: PDP authentication failure."
Seems like its back to normal...it checked e-mail fine...
outside of boston here...just purchased the 3g last week during the refurb offer, took advantage of the $99 deal. thought it might have been the phone that was the issue but looks like it is another outage, i'm getting two messages: "safari cannot open the page because it is not connected to the internet" the other: "could not activate cellular data network" thanks att!
Full 3G signal showing but data completely down in Washington, DC.
Unable to connect 8525 in Syracuse NY this morning.
No Data, Northwest Philly suburbs. But everything else works.
Have a 1st-Gen iPhone on EDGE...down in Milwaukee. Voice/texting work but no data...
Two of my friends with iPhone 3G's say everything's working fine. Must only be issues with EDGE?
Not working down here in Miami,FL :(
Ohhh well god thing I work in the I.T DPT for this fortune 500 company and I have INET ACCESS ALL DAY.
Dont need coverage NOW but damn you AT&T if when I get out from work my iphones data soul is not working.
DAMN YOU!! YOU HEAR ME DAMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Out in Central Massachusetts - Full service with 3G, but 'can not activate cellular data network' message.
Dallas, TX - Looks like we are up and running (on Edge at least).
Been out in BMore/DC Area since 7am. I love how my iPhone still has the Blue E for edge, but in reality there is none.
outside philly in the suburbs in montomery county everything is working just fine
Seconded for Missouri. Springfield has been very sketchy this morning.
5 bars of 3G in Orlando, FL. Working just fine.
Buffalo NY and my service is out.....
Full service in central Connecticut. Still a waste of $30/month IMHO.
Silver Spring, MD, has been down for at least an hour.
I'm UP in Palm Beach FL
Out in Boston. I thought it was just my 8525 (which needs to be reset now and again) but after resetting it a couple times, had nothing. Figured I checked my trusted friends @ Engadget to see if there was an outage...low and behold.
Guess they're trying to better compete with Verizon/Alltel!
No surfing in Philadelphia.
Data = 0% / Voice = 100%
Down in Reston VA just outside of DC since about 6:30a.. Still down at 9:30a.
NYC - all three iphones (mine + two of my friends', two 3G + one EDGE) down...
I'll add that the phone is still indicating 3g w/ 5-bar signal. Guess this is what they mean by more bars in more places.
Perfect Signal here in Baltimore...
Funny...and ironic....i've been with Sprint 9 yrs and counting and this never happened and yet everyone shyytes on Sprint left and right, front and back, in and out..(hmmm).
In the past year alone ATT has had more outages than i have fingers.. I get grief from GSM folks for being on CDMA and bla la bla but i haven't heard the CDMA folks (Sprint, Verizon) with any outages in recent memory.
mine just came back on in NYC
Fine in Eastern MA Full bars and 3G is moving right alone
My T-Mobile G1 is working just fine thank you.
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Mine is out in good ole Scranton, PA. I'm searching for alternatives to keeping up with Macworld. Hopefully, we'll be up and running again soon.
C'mon AT&T! Get your act together!
Working well here in Vienna, Austria...
Oh wait, I forgot we have always good networks here :p
(Sorry, lowrank me like hell)
Orange (and indeed, anything else but 3) working fine in London!
back up and working in DC metro.
I just sent 2 photos over 3G now. I work in downtown manhattan.
just wondering, does AT&T credit for these outages? There have been so many, I'd think it be kinda necessary at this point.
All is good in Northern VA
Unable to get email or any data here in Philadelphia on my iphone 3G.
having to rely on spotty wifi at the moment.
reporting in from Boston, MA - looks like mine's out.
Everything's great over here in north jersey...maybe even a little faster than usual to be honest.
My iPhone was out for a minute but I rebooted it and I'm 100% here in Delaware
My iphone's 3g is down "could not activate cellular data network"
Ive had this for about a half hour or so, though it was my phone at first, glad I was able to get online on my school's pc's. Hopefuly it comes back soon. Texting/phone still works though.
NYC back up!
Haha, I wonder how many iDiots are going to make a visit to their local Apple store because they can't make calls or use their data network with their iPhones?
Came back up at 930
Washington DC
Manhattan, NYC
Voice: Full bars on 3G
Data: Working fine
back up and running in worcester, ma
St. Louis is back online.
mine just came back.
Dallas has full 3G bars.
I'm right outside Boston and i have full bars, 3G, and I am able to load every web page I want...
Thank you engadget!! I was just trying to use my iPhone and couldn't get a data connection even though I had a "full" signal.
I thought maybe I forgot to pay my bill or something!
ATT has nothing on their site (that I could find), but engadget has it right away!
Great stuff!
5 Bars Coverage and EDGE data working just fine here on my 1st Gen iPhone down here in Orlando, FL.
New York City has been down all AM. Came back up online about 9:30am
937am, center city Philadelphia, phone and data works (EDGE IPhone).
of course no iphone availability... but sure glad to have data availability on my vzw