Say it ain't so, AT&T: reports of another East Coast data network outage
By Tim Stevens 
posted January 6th 2009 9:19AM
posted January 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.