Thread: T-Mobile Network Outage Accidental or Intentional?

In article <qMhIm.2015$Zu5.387@newsfe24.iad>, elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com says... Quote: Yeah, but I don't own an iPhone, what about me? :) Caught in the crossfire? I suppose. :) -- Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA sjsobol@JustThe.net

"Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message news:MPG.255b2aeec68ebce79897ca@news.justthe.net... Quote: Maybe the estimated 1 million+ unlocked iPhone users who wilingly put up with EDGE speeds on T-Mo to escape AT&T's overpriced underperforming network all tried to download a new fart app at the same time and T-Mo had to cut them off to protect the network... Yeah, but I don't own an...

Could one or more hacked 'Linux type' phones have been the accidental cause of the T-Mobile network collapse? Don't they now have an open source Linux G phone which hackers love on T-Mobile? Could the collapse have been intentional on an election day when critical results wold begin to pour in? (a form of social terrorism) Was the collapse the result of an attack on T-Mobile's network computers that control their network?...

In <MPG.255b2aeec68ebce79897ca@news.justthe.net> Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> writes: Quote: 5% of T-Mobile customers, or about 1.7 milion, were impacted. Fortunately for me, I wasn't among them. I had no idea there was an outage until I read it about it online (ironically, while browsing the web on my T-Mo phone...) I was, in San Diego, but my wife wasn't, at home in Victorville. That makes me...

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:28:11 -0500, Todd Allcock <elecconnec@anoospaml.com> wrote: Quote: At 04 Nov 2009 04:49:06 -0800 No multi touch for sluggish Droid- “There's A Lawsuit For That ...” AT&T Sues Verizon Over New TV Ads wrote: Could one or more hacked 'Linux type' phones have been the accidental cause of the T-Mobile network collapse? Don't they now have an open source Linux G phone which...