Down for everyone or just you? AT&T experiencing a major data outage on the East Coast.
by Paul Miller 
posted Sep 3rd 2008 at 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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kyle @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:05AM
working great in Nashville, TN..
G @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:22AM
No problem in upstate NY on my Blackberry Curve, is it just a 3G problem?
Here @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:26AM
3G working fine on my tilt in charlotte
Doug @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:32AM
Called AT&T and the outage confirmed in St. Louis. I'm using the Q9h. I have several people here at work with the same issue. Intermittent browsing and no POP or Activesync connectivity.
Arthur Freydin @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:40AM
Fine here in Central Jersey. Using iPhone 3G.
goestoeleven @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:43AM
Not just for iPhones. All data is down in Boston.
Ant$ @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:46AM
I'm in Philly using an N95-4. no problems here
FJH @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:55AM
EDGE is not working in Northern Illinois (I'm in Wheeling, IL)
Andrew @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:51AM
Data is offline in NYC (media net is up, but worthless, let's be honest).
Scott Bradford @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:49AM
Here in the DC metro area, been unable to connect to my email all day on my AT&T 8525. Strangely, SOME web sites work in IE mobile (but not others) and my coworker with an iPhone reports no problems at all.
Hope it's fixed soon.
Will Collins @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:35PM
In DC proper (not the expanded Metro), all is fine. Maybe just the burbs?
Zack @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:02PM
On iPhone 3g on AT&T there is no response in Syracuse, NY
ThePhwner @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:54AM
We had a 4-day outage in Durham, NC. After calling a few folks at customer care (since my company runs the AT&T MEdia Mall), we learned it was a misconfiguration in some of the broadcast radios on the tower. Not sure if the same is affecting the whole East, but if so, should be an easy fix as they had us back up in 45 minutes.
Steven @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:05PM
3G isn't working in the Albany/ Capital region of NY.
Doug @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:16PM
Looks like service is restored in STL.
Kraig R. @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:17PM
My iPhone 1st gen is fine for edge in the Capital Region (Cohoes), NY
Greg @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:28PM
I am in the Philadelphia area and my data just came back up on 3G about 5 minutes ago. It has been out all morning til now.
Will Sisti @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:31PM
My data just began to work. My phone got a few emails! NJ 0767 @ 12:25pm
ATTBlows @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:53PM
Staten island edge is down. my phone isnt evening connecting to a 3G tower.. My data coverage has been disappointing. This reminds me of about 5 - 8 years ago when ATT slowly over sold there network till there service was crap everywhere.
Though I honestly think there data coverage has probably always been bad (In NYC).
murph @ Sep 3rd 2008 1:11PM
just got my first emails since LATE last night on ATT in NYC.
Mohammad @ Sep 3rd 2008 1:02PM
Im in Indy using an iPhone 3G. 3G and EDGE working just fine here.
Riley Freeman @ Sep 3rd 2008 1:09PM
i loooooooooooooooove the cheap shot at blackeberry lol lol
Anthony @ Sep 3rd 2008 1:37PM
So that's why I couldn't get any mail while driving NY -> DC :(
elihu @ Sep 3rd 2008 3:19PM
the phone is ok but data and email are a bust here in NYC on the treo 750. had a similar problem last week for 2 days and at that time no phone as well. alttho ATT denied problem with their network... I personally think it is because of all the bandwidth being consumed by the 3g iphone
dan @ Sep 3rd 2008 3:18PM
My Verizon Dare can read this post just fine!
Michael S @ Sep 3rd 2008 3:43PM
No problems with my Sprint Mogul in Seattle.
Chris @ Sep 3rd 2008 4:11PM
3g back up in WV (down all day). Seems pretty swift for now.
RAS @ Sep 3rd 2008 4:57PM
Bwahahaha! My Blackberry 8820 has been running perfectly all day. :D
Jason @ Sep 4th 2008 12:40PM
down again today here in boston
Patrick @ Sep 5th 2008 9:08AM
Down again in RI.
Called AT&T. Was informed that data access for iPhones could be down for the next 24-48 hours. Got a $5 credit woo-hoo!!
sheesh....