Filed under: iPhone
EDGE down
Lots of annoyed iPhone users today in the central US. Apparently, the servers responsible for running the EDGE network for AT&T are down, depriving many iPhone users of their normal connectivity.
This outage is affecting users from Chicago to Kansas. If you're part of the affected customer base, let us know in the comments. According to poster BBuehner at the Apple Support discussions forum, AT&T says the problem should be fixed by the end of today but could go as long as February 5th.
Thanks Rick Kaczanko
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 10)
friko said 12:35PM on 1-31-2008
But the touch only uses wi-fi...
Reply
bob sakamano said 2:23PM on 1-31-2008
friko is frikin right
Justin said 4:47PM on 1-31-2008
Yeah, isn't this an Apple "expert" blog...
jadam said 12:37PM on 1-31-2008
Err, the photo is of an iPod touch, which doesn't use EDGE.
Reply
Aryk said 12:46PM on 1-31-2008
Yes, I am affected as are my co-workers. I am in Skokie, IL and they are in Chicago. Nice going ATT.
Reply
Charles R Hamilton said 12:44PM on 1-31-2008
No Edge in West Central Illinois...
Reply
zookie said 12:45PM on 1-31-2008
Los Angeles, CA: no EDGE as of this morning. Terrible because the only WiFi is a heavily blocked school network. No YouTube today. Reminds me of my old Treo days when they were rolling out the EDGE network. Somedays I'd get data services, other days, not. And *boom* the little EDGE button lights up as I type this response. False alarm?
Reply
Jonathan Allen said 2:27PM on 1-31-2008
No EDGE in Iowa City, Iowa. Lame.
Reply
Tom said 12:50PM on 1-31-2008
Central USA represtentin'!! St. Louis here...that's as central as you can get. No Edge here. First time i have seen error message read "Could not activate EDGE." So today or Feb 5th?? WTF!!!
Reply
kerry said 12:59PM on 1-31-2008
mine is down too but my freind at work has done the soft update to 1.1.3 and his is working, I am in saint joseph, mo.
Reply
Annie said 12:52PM on 1-31-2008
Kansas City has been down all morning...
Reply
eric said 7:43PM on 1-31-2008
thats weird I am in Blue Springs and it's working here -Eric
Shane Lloyd said 12:51PM on 1-31-2008
Edge going strong in South Carolina - actually, it feels faster than usual today. Sorry to you other folks.
Reply
Michael said 12:52PM on 1-31-2008
I am affected as well. I am in central Missouri (Columbia).
Reply
George said 12:52PM on 1-31-2008
no edge in iowa city
Reply
Jeff said 1:02PM on 1-31-2008
a lot of people without internet today. Edge down in the U.S. and much of Africa, the Middle East and areas in Asia:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/31/dubai.outage/index.html
Reply
Steve said 12:54PM on 1-31-2008
Good thing they put a picture of an iPod Touch up. Maybe it's cuz it never gets EDGE?
Reply
edtang said 12:54PM on 1-31-2008
[rub it in]Thank god I'm on Tmobile with the iPhone. The edge connection is much faster anyway.[/rub]
Reply
zachary miller said 4:21PM on 1-31-2008
yeah, still sucks though when you leave a t-mobile spot because they still rely on ATT for roaming. They include 850mhz in their phones but dont have any 850mhz anywhere. And yes i know that ATT has quadband worldphones and they dont have the other 2 bands in the US Good luck to you though.
Ricardo said 1:02PM on 1-31-2008
Bay Area for me is down has been since this morning thought it was just me
Reply