Hot off the press is an alert from RIM saying their Blackberry service BIS/BES is experiencing difficulties. According to RIM this means that
Customers may not receive new service books
Connect clients and BB enabled devices that require a new PIN may be unable to receive the pin
customers may experience delays in receiving messages and may get an ‘x’ when sending
customers may be unable to register their device i.e. Register Now
customers may not be able to roam in another location
customers may not be able to use internet browsing
Enterprise customers may be unable to connect to the BB network
customers may not be able to access their internet mailbox, integrate their account or view email attachments.
This is a fairly rare occurrence – unofficial poll around the office suggests once a year – but when it does happen it affects a lot of people. The alternative is to use your own push email but in my experience that is actually less reliable.
All I can say is that businesses need to work with providers that offer support at times like this. There is nothing worse than having a service that doesn’t work and then being kept in the dark as to why this is happening.
For those who don’t already know BIS = Blackberry Internet Service, BES = Blackberry Enterprise Service.