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Update: I was able to get to the web with my BB during lunch. Guess the backload is freed up.

So I’m trying to check the Weather channel at a red light and nothing would load, not even this site.

Well, the mystery is solved:

BlackBerry service hit by widespread outage in U.S.

April 18, 2007 (IDG News Service) — The BlackBerry wireless e-mail service from Research In Motion Ltd. appears to have suffered a widespread outage that started last night in the U.S.

Customers on the BlackBerry Forums discussion board complained of having no service starting at about 5.15 p.m. PDT yesterday.

Callers to the BlackBerry U.S. technical support line were still greeted with the following message early this morning: “We are currently experiencing a service interruption that is causing delays in sending or receiving messages. We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide updates as soon as they become available.”

New York television news channel NewsChannel4 reported last night that the problem affected “all users in the Western hemisphere.”

Well at least it is something that can be fixed and they’re working on it.  So don’t panic BB Addicts, we will get our fix shortly.