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

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BigD

Lost Edge connectivity sometime before 6:40pm in the San Fran Bay Area. It is midnight and it is still not back up. Their support could not give an eta on this. Discussions on the att wireless apple forum seem to indicate it is widespread on the west coast (http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/board/message?board.id=apple&thread.id=17233&view=by_date_ascending&page=3)

Cheers
D

February 06 2008 at 3:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

megatron0069

No edge in LA area still...

February 06 2008 at 12:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mark

Apparently, none of you know anything about wireless technologies. EDGE stands for Enhanced Data Rates for GPRS Evolution - Its just GPRS with some differences on the carrier's end. If a carrier's EDGE servers are down, your iPhone or any other GSM device will still be able to transfer packet data over GPRS, just at slower speeds than EDGE. On the iphone this is a seamless transition, and the only difference you will notice is a slight decline in transfer speed and the disappearance of the "E" from the EDGE icon in the menu bar. Its really ridiculous that this even gets in the news...

February 01 2008 at 2:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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John B. Kendrick

Why do think lack of connectivity for iphone users, or any other for that matter shouldn't make the news. I have had my iPhone since its June release and have never had a problem until this week. I am on the east coast and we were still getting messages that Edge was not available as of this afternoon. Contrary to your message the iPhone doesn't work on the web, no email, no weather or Google Maps when Edge is not working unless you happen to be near an available WIFI. Do you own an iPhone? John

February 02 2008 at 7:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Scott!

Slow but working in Wellman, IA (near Iowa City)...

February 01 2008 at 9:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

EDGE is fucking garbage.

February 01 2008 at 6:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

john

I'm in Los Angeles and my road runner/yahoo/ Google email account would not go through with a small attachment.
All day.

February 01 2008 at 3:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bill

Sorry to hear the bad news! :( edge is working here in Tampa, FL!

February 01 2008 at 2:55 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dluvr22

Sorry Guys I work at AT&T we got the network back up as of 3:00 pm eastern time I know I had a lot of annoyed calls but the issue has been resolved thanks

February 01 2008 at 1:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mdc5116

PENN STATE MONT ALTO EDGE IS DOWN

February 01 2008 at 12:12 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ZCJ

Edge was spotty today in Tempe, AZ. Had t switch to wi-fi for an hour or so.

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