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When the premier data network in the US takes a nose-dive, people pay attention. Especially those people that were left without data access for hours.
AT&T, reeling from the enormous bad-press generated by a multi-state data network outage on 
the East Coast, left us all hanging with their promise to find out exactly what caused 3G and EDGE data users to go through wireless data-withdrawal. Today, AT&T spokesperson Brad Mays told Ars Technica that the network has been repaired and that the root of the data network outage has been pinpointed. “There was a routing issue affecting some wireless data use in the Northeast region. AT&T technicians determined the cause and restored service at 11:56 a.m. EDT,” said Mays. “Voice calling, text messaging and BlackBerry email were unaffected.”
That’s it folks. No downed cell towers, no massive power losses. AT&Ts’ data network blackout was caused by a simple routing issue.
Now, if AT&T could move on to shoring up their 3G infrastructure to help support the flood of iPhone 3G demand…
[Via: ArsTechnica]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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