As noticed by BusinessInsider, Apple’s release of iOS 7 today is causing havoc for the networks of several college campuses and other schools where a large number of iOS device users are attempting to download the new OS. Some schools, including Ohio University, is even urging students to delay upgrading to iOS 7 as the network experiences network problems due to the high amount of traffic.
Others having WiFi issues today include New York University, Michigan University, and Western Connecticut State University. Those three schools haven’t confirmed iOS 7 is the cause of network outages today, but students on Twitter have noted that iOS 7 is likely the culprit…
We’ve learned that Apple has has communicated to retail stores and AppleCare that it is aware of the activation servers failing following today’s release of iOS 7.
Many other schools and large companies seem to be experiencing the same problem:
https://twitter.com/twiggy_601/statuses/380416600652144640
Dear Saint John’s students. Stop trying to get iOS 7. You are all fucking up the network.
— R. Lee (@That_LeeKid) September 18, 2013
@ohiou wants you to know that downloading iOS 7 may be why the Internet is down across campus. More: http://t.co/tfU5LJ9cBF. #iPhone
— Will Drabold (@WillDrabold) September 18, 2013
It looks like iOS 7’s release managed to crash NYU wifi @jwherrman: pic.twitter.com/cqwuZWYsLz
— Zak Kukoff (@zck) September 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/Dayy_see/status/380420958948827136
https://twitter.com/rspwnblgmng/status/380419116940550145
https://twitter.com/butdiontho/status/380423261030318080
Oh, thousands and thousands of students want to update to iOS 7 all at once & kill our network? FINE. NONE of you get to update. #SysAdmin
— Tony Yarusso (@TonyYarusso) September 18, 2013
the fact that the network at Bell is down because everyone is downloading iOS 7 is just wow 😂
— ☪ (@_carelyy) September 18, 2013
