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AT&T Data Network Outage Resolved
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Computerworld, MA - Jul 13, 2007
Some AT&T Inc. customers in the Northeast experienced problems with receiving emails and accessing the Internet on their wireless devices early Friday morning.
An AT&T spokesman confirmed that the company's GPRS data network, that carries Research In Motion Ltd.'s Blackberry and some other hand-held devices, had an outage from 7 to 10 a.m. in Southern Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The issue has been resolved, according to the spokesman.
On July 2, AT&T also had an outage on its EDGE network in the Midwest and West. That glitch came only three days after AT&T started selling the iPhone, which operates on its EDGE network, and quickly sparked speculation that the outage was caused by the heavy iPhone usage. The AT&T spokesman said the outages were not part of any overall consistent network issue and were not related to the iPhone.
AT&T said it spent $50 million in improving its EDGE network prior to the iPhone launch, including lifting the data transmission speed.
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