AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile cellular outages reported across nation
If you are having cell phone issues Thursday, you aren’t alone.
Many U.S. cell phone users reported outages across the nation.
Per downdetector.com, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile and others network were reported as down early Thursday morning. Outages were reported from Atlanta to New York to Los Angeles and multiple location in between.
Downdetector offers real-time status information for more than 12,000 services across 47 websites representing 47 countries.
“There is currently a nationwide outage with AT&T’s network,” Baldwin County Emergency Management Agency posted on social media. “We do not have a timeline of when this will be fixed. If you have this network provider, and need to contact 9-1-1 emergency services. There could be a delay in response. An update will be posted when this is corrected.”
In Florida, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office posted on X at 5:43 a.m. (6:43 a.m. EST) that, “Texts to 911 from affected AT&T users are now being received. If you have an emergency, and cannot dial out, send a text message to 911.”
CNBC reports the largest number of issues were reported by AT&T customers, peaking at nearly 32,000 outages around 3:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. ET). Outages were still high as of 6:30 a.m.
According to the Daily Mail, AT&T iPhone users have reported their phones stuck in SOS mode, which means users can only make calls to emergency services. Customers in New Orleans said making phone calls was impossible, but texts still appeared to work.
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