Tens of thousands of Americans woke up Thursday morning to find their cell phone signal was out. In addition to being unable to contact friends, family, and colleagues, some users appeared unable to call 911.
AT&T customers appear to be primarily affected by the cascading cell service outages, but customers of other service providers are also reportedly facing problems.
Around 3 a.m., reports of AT&T outages spiked.
website down detector. As of 9:02 a.m. ET, reporters reported on more than 73,000 customers experiencing service issues.
meanwhile
verizon, T-mobile Other providers were experiencing spikes as well, but Downdetector showed that the spikes were orders of magnitude smaller. Verizon and T-Mobile maintain that their networks were unaffected and operating normally.
T-Mobile spokesperson
Said CBS News, “Downdetector may reflect challenges our customers have had trying to connect to users on other networks.”
“This morning, some customers experienced issues when calling or texting customers served by another carrier,” Verizon said.
Said This was announced in a statement obtained by The New York Times. “We continue to monitor the situation.”
AT&T acknowledged that it was experiencing frequent outages, but could not explain why they occurred in the first place.
report CNN.
“Some customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning. We are working urgently to restore service to our customers,” the company said in a statement. “We recommend using Wi-Fi calling until service is restored.”
The company spokesperson also said AT&T’s first responder network remains operational.
The outage sparked online speculation about sinister causes, such as an electromagnetic pulse attack or a cyber attack. But industry sources who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity suggested the issue was likely related to a process called “peering,” in which mobile phone services transfer calls from one network to another. did.
CNN noted that the company was experiencing sporadic service outages earlier this week, including degraded 911 service in various states in the Southeast.
Blaze News reached out to AT&T for comment on the scope and cause of the outage, as well as the expected timeline for a remedy, but did not immediately receive a response.
Various municipalities and municipalities across the country have confirmed power outages, making it difficult in some cases to reach first responders by phone.
Upper Arlington, Ohio I got it. Fire alarms were affected by the power outage, and first responders “may not be notified of activation.” The city advised residents to follow up on alerts by calling 911 “for now.”
san francisco fire department
I got it. San Francisco’s 911 center was still operational, but some customers’ 911 calls were reportedly affected.
Various other official channels, including the X account of
city of little rockarkansas, Rockville Police Department of Maryland, and orlando florida police also pointed out similar difficulties. General recommendations: Use a family member or friend as your 911 call representative, or call from a landline.
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