Comments on: T-Mobile Network Change Cuts Off BlackBerry Users http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/ I'm a storyteller. I find cool new things, use them to make my life better, and teach others to do the same. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anonymous http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-124 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-124 You have the support of this Blackberry users. I am ready to register my complaint with the BBB. I pay $30/month for data and can't use normal Internet ports! CRAZY. Keep up the good fight. <br /><br />I am willing to donate $20 to an attorney willing to take up the fight. I'm sure many other hundreds would do the same. You have the support of this Blackberry users. I am ready to register my complaint with the BBB. I pay $30/month for data and can’t use normal Internet ports! CRAZY. Keep up the good fight.

I am willing to donate $20 to an attorney willing to take up the fight. I’m sure many other hundreds would do the same.

]]> By: Josh Bancroft http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-125 Josh Bancroft Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-125 Thanks. <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fincumbent.org%2Fshare%2Fvault%2F2004%2F12%2Ftmobile_tells_b.html">Emory over at incumbent.org has the same problem</A>. Thanks for the link, emory.<br /><br />Let's get this issue noticed! Thanks. Emory over at incumbent.org has the same problem. Thanks for the link, emory.

Let’s get this issue noticed!

]]> By: Josh Bancroft http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-126 Josh Bancroft Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-126 PowerPage.org <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.powerpage.org%2Fcgi-bin%2FWebObjects%2Fpowerpage.woa%2Fwa%2Fstory%3FnewsID%3D13375">has picked up the story too</A>. We're getting more eyes on this issue! PowerPage.org has picked up the story too. We’re getting more eyes on this issue!

]]> By: Josh Bancroft http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-127 Josh Bancroft Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-127 Russ Beattie over at <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobitopia.com%2F">www.mobitopia.com</A> has linked the story.<br /><br />Thanks Russ! Russ Beattie over at http://www.mobitopia.com has linked the story.

Thanks Russ!

]]> By: James Kendrick http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-128 James Kendrick Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-128 I just posted a blurb about it here:<br /><br />http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2004/12/tmobile_blackbe.html I just posted a blurb about it here:

http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2004/12/tmobile_blackbe.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-129 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-129 This is just insane. So Tmobile is admitting that this little thought went into planning their lockdown of wap.voicestream.net.<br /><br />It is hard to believe...what did they do, have 2 guys sit in a room for 15 minutes and come up with the entire plan? Either the boys at the top who demanded this should be fired, or the brainless IT department that didn't think things through should be nuked from orbit.<br /><br />The skeptic in me finds it hard to believe that during the planning of this change, no one said "hey wait a minute...what about blackberry?" This is a really f'd up situation. <br /><br />Tmobile acts like it's not that big of a deal because all customers do with data access is check movie times and download ringtones. THINK AGAIN! I use my GPRS access as a KEYSTONE of being able to communicate as a working professional. Without GPRS/email at all times I am dead in the water.<br /><br />Get a clue Tmobile. This is just insane. So Tmobile is admitting that this little thought went into planning their lockdown of wap.voicestream.net.

It is hard to believe…what did they do, have 2 guys sit in a room for 15 minutes and come up with the entire plan? Either the boys at the top who demanded this should be fired, or the brainless IT department that didn’t think things through should be nuked from orbit.

The skeptic in me finds it hard to believe that during the planning of this change, no one said “hey wait a minute…what about blackberry?” This is a really f’d up situation.

Tmobile acts like it’s not that big of a deal because all customers do with data access is check movie times and download ringtones. THINK AGAIN! I use my GPRS access as a KEYSTONE of being able to communicate as a working professional. Without GPRS/email at all times I am dead in the water.

Get a clue Tmobile.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-130 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-130 I spent 5 hours in mid-December with T-Mobile and got bounced from department to department and level to level. Finally a really nice level 3 tech told me that they just don't give access to the internet2/3 APN's for Blackberry users. It's not that it is a technical problem, it's that they won't set it up. I sent a 2 page letter to their "Customer Relations" department demanding access to the Internet (even at a higher price) and I haven't gotten any response in three weeks. I also talked to my rep at Simply Wireless who sold me the phone (and said that it did GPRS, that I could use the Bluetooth with my Mac and use it as a Modem, and a bunch of other lies to get me to purchase one of the first few 7100t's off the assembly line). He told me that it worked for him (they give their sales reps access to everything, including all APNs) and wouldn't help further.<br /><br />emory over at incumbent.org posted on 12/28/04 that he got T-Mobile to unblock the wap.voicestream.com APN but it's still not working for me. If anyone has further info, please post it. I spent 5 hours in mid-December with T-Mobile and got bounced from department to department and level to level. Finally a really nice level 3 tech told me that they just don’t give access to the internet2/3 APN’s for Blackberry users. It’s not that it is a technical problem, it’s that they won’t set it up. I sent a 2 page letter to their “Customer Relations” department demanding access to the Internet (even at a higher price) and I haven’t gotten any response in three weeks. I also talked to my rep at Simply Wireless who sold me the phone (and said that it did GPRS, that I could use the Bluetooth with my Mac and use it as a Modem, and a bunch of other lies to get me to purchase one of the first few 7100t’s off the assembly line). He told me that it worked for him (they give their sales reps access to everything, including all APNs) and wouldn’t help further.

emory over at incumbent.org posted on 12/28/04 that he got T-Mobile to unblock the wap.voicestream.com APN but it’s still not working for me. If anyone has further info, please post it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-131 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2004/12/t-mobile-network-change-cuts-off-blackberry-users/#comment-131 This is harming not only the blackberries, but also the normal cellphones as well. I originally chose tmobile and a j2me enabled phone so that I could create various j2me programs and download them to my phone. The blocking of the APN allows me to browse my wap page, but not download my programs anymore. tmobile dropped any pretense of supporting developers long ago, but there's a lot of difference between no support and explicit blocking. On the other side I note that cingular has a functioning active developer site, and actual honest to g*d developer trust relationship policies. I hate to switch and lost mobile-mobile to tmobile folks, but oh well... This is harming not only the blackberries, but also the normal cellphones as well. I originally chose tmobile and a j2me enabled phone so that I could create various j2me programs and download them to my phone. The blocking of the APN allows me to browse my wap page, but not download my programs anymore. tmobile dropped any pretense of supporting developers long ago, but there’s a lot of difference between no support and explicit blocking. On the other side I note that cingular has a functioning active developer site, and actual honest to g*d developer trust relationship policies. I hate to switch and lost mobile-mobile to tmobile folks, but oh well…

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