Many pixels are being devoted today to speculation over what caused RIM’s Blackberry service outage yesterday that left everyone suddenly feeling very unwired and disconnected. CNet has a good article on the possible causes since RIM hasn’t offered anything definitive yet.

What has been revealing about the incident is the fact that RIM has only two data centers that handle all the Blackberry traffic in the world. So two points of failure exist. If one data center is disrupted, the other could fail because of the increased load as well. According to the article, this is the price of the added security and convenience. Furthermore, it raises questions about RIM’s ability to maintain service quality as its subscriber base booms since going after the mainstream market.

So once you all stop feeling lonely and twitching from withdrawal, are you staying with Blackberry or looking to other options? Please leave your comments