In addition to destroying the infrastructure of the city, an earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude that hit parts of Virginia United States (U.S.), Tuesday, August 23, 2011, also led to disruption of telecommunication services.
This is experienced by users of the service provider AT & T, Verizon, Sprint or T-Mobile. Luckily, at the crucial moment where the smoothness of information access is needed, there is one phone that can work normally which is BlackBerry.
As reported by Bloomberg and quoted on Wednesday (08/24/2011), this is because citizens are helped by the service BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on mobile phones made by Research In Motion (RIM). Such fuel is known to operate on a cell phone or WiFi data connection and use the local wireless protocol that is unique.
This is not the first time BBM service be a helper in a critical condition of this kind. When the earthquake that rocked Chile years ago and shortly after the tragedy of terrorism 11 September 2001 in New York, USA, BBM into the communication services that can still be used at that time.
Although it has a "good" achievment, BBM is also somewhat marred when tumultuous events in London, England in early August 2011. At that time, the BBM is considered as a major tool for the rioters in order to communicate with each other and coordinate.
Presumably, such stories as the U.S. during the earthquake can be a little help RIM smartphone restore Its reputation that is now overshadowed.
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