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Jose Garcia

(2,598 posts)
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:20 AM Feb 22

Nationwide cellphone service outage impacting AT&T customers, other carriers

Source: NBC 10 Philadelphia

Several cellular services providers in the U.S. appeared to be experiencing outages Thursday morning, according to the outage tracking site Downdetector.

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon customers began reporting issues with their services around 3 a.m. ET Thursday. There are also network issues with Cricket, Consumer Cellular, Boost Mobile and other regional services.

A spokesman for Verizon told NBC News that they don't see any issues on their network and believes the problem is with other carriers. Verizon customers are only having issues when trying to call a number that is associated with one of the impacted carriers.

NBC reached out to AT&T and T-Mobile and did not immediately hear back.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/att-t-mobile-and-verizon-users-hit-by-cellular-outage-in-the-us/3783172/%3famp=1

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Nationwide cellphone service outage impacting AT&T customers, other carriers (Original Post) Jose Garcia Feb 22 OP
T-Mobile here EYESORE 9001 Feb 22 #1
Same. OldBaldy1701E Feb 22 #3
Gimme your phone number. I'll call you and test out mine. 3Hotdogs Feb 22 #6
I'll give it to you phonetically, so the bots can't glom onto it EYESORE 9001 Feb 22 #13
Did'ja get my call? 3Hotdogs Feb 22 #37
AT&T says my phone's not registered on any network when I sinkingfeeling Feb 22 #2
I have ATT Marthe48 Feb 22 #11
Unfortunately, my wifi is out, too - Ms. Toad Feb 22 #28
I was fortunate Marthe48 Feb 22 #32
There was a solar flare... 2naSalit Feb 22 #4
I wonder how it affected some services but not others? Marthe48 Feb 22 #33
Mine is ok vercetti2021 Feb 22 #5
I'm out. Danascot Feb 22 #7
No signal for me with AT&T in St. Louis @ 7:17am n/t bcool Feb 22 #8
Our service is down. Consumer Cellular. nt Wednesdays Feb 22 #9
CC here, too, but no outage... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 22 #14
Apparently a solar flare, not the Russians 😂, is responsible for the nationwide cell outage. Verizon, ATT, SOS Only riversedge Feb 22 #10
C'mon now, get real -- you know it's either Putin or Soros. Don't blame Sol. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 22 #15
I think I was having trouble yesterday Marthe48 Feb 22 #12
ATT customer Picaro Feb 22 #16
AT&T in SC SCantiGOP Feb 22 #17
My AT&T is fine - land line.. question everything Feb 22 #18
AT&T here in NYC: all good so far. Drum Feb 22 #19
Angry mob at ATT store. San Antonio. No service. Can't use Wi Fi calling either. LeftInTX Feb 22 #20
I'll bring pitchforks and torches ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 22 #35
Apparently, it happened all over the country LOL LeftInTX Feb 23 #39
My wife was at work all day, her T-Mobile phone was silent, she called me from the work landline ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 23 #40
Does that mean no calls from Medicare scammers? LiberalFighter Feb 22 #21
Not funny. I can't refill my prescription for a seizure disorder. LeftInTX Feb 22 #24
I still have a landline. LiberalFighter Feb 22 #25
I had to call the doctor! I went to the pharmacy. LeftInTX Feb 22 #34
Both my internet and phone are AT&T Trueblue Texan Feb 22 #22
It's not slow. It's freak'n dead. Can only call 911 LeftInTX Feb 22 #23
tracphone is down WhiteTara Feb 22 #26
I have AT&T, seems to be working here. Ocelot II Feb 22 #27
My backup cell phone, an ATT flip phone, has functioned throughout. John1956PA Feb 22 #29
My AT&T mobile is now completely working. Came back around 45 minutes ago. sinkingfeeling Feb 22 #30
My AT&T service just came back in Atlanta about 1pm Eastern Sedona Feb 22 #31
So that's why I wasn't getting my usual calls this morning. I just need to embrace my inner Kitboga instead of ignoring ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 22 #36
My ISP (xfinity/comcast) went down at 2am pst intrepidity Feb 22 #38

EYESORE 9001

(25,940 posts)
13. I'll give it to you phonetically, so the bots can't glom onto it
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:57 AM
Feb 22

It’s ME - TOO - I - ATE - ONE - SOUR - TOO

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)
2. AT&T says my phone's not registered on any network when I
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:46 AM
Feb 22

attempt to dial out. I get this as a pop-up on screen.

Marthe48

(16,963 posts)
11. I have ATT
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:38 AM
Feb 22

I got that message. I have my wifi calling turned on. It has allowed me to get and send calls and hear alerts.

Marthe48

(16,963 posts)
32. I was fortunate
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 02:28 PM
Feb 22

Today, of all days, I was actually expecting a call. I got around the outage.

I told my daughter I will never remember all of the panic changes I made this morning

Hope you get your service back. I got 3 messages about the outage about 1 PM EST, each about the outage.

2naSalit

(86,643 posts)
4. There was a solar flare...
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:53 AM
Feb 22
R1: HF Radio: Wide area blackout of HF radio communication, loss of radio contact for about an hour on sunlit side of Earth.
Navigation: Low-frequency navigation signals degraded for about an hour.


https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/space-weather-enthusiasts-dashboard

Marthe48

(16,963 posts)
33. I wonder how it affected some services but not others?
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 02:30 PM
Feb 22

I bet ATT competitors who weren't offline will have a field day with their ad content about reliability

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
14. CC here, too, but no outage...
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:31 AM
Feb 22

On restart, my phone shows AT&T and then switches in a few seconds to Verizon. I thought Consumer Cellular only used AT&T and T-Mobile.

riversedge

(70,239 posts)
10. Apparently a solar flare, not the Russians 😂, is responsible for the nationwide cell outage. Verizon, ATT, SOS Only
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:19 AM
Feb 22

i do not have any of these 3 so I am ok.



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https://x.com/moonbreeze2/status/1760669401571827773?s=20

Marthe48

(16,963 posts)
12. I think I was having trouble yesterday
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:46 AM
Feb 22

A call I was expecting went right to vm. Early this morning, I called vm and got in. Later, it's asking me for a pw, which I don't need and might not have.
My android phone is working on wifi calls.

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
20. Angry mob at ATT store. San Antonio. No service. Can't use Wi Fi calling either.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 12:46 PM
Feb 22

Wish I still had my landline

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
39. Apparently, it happened all over the country LOL
Fri Feb 23, 2024, 10:16 AM
Feb 23





I went to the store to try to figure out what was going on. I thought I might have had trouble with my AT&T account or that something was the matter with my phone settings. (I literally was working on my phone settings and was struggling to set up my Samsung Cloud and had just done a reset when all of a sudden, my phone couldn't find a network)
I left when they said it was due to an outage.

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
34. I had to call the doctor! I went to the pharmacy.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 02:53 PM
Feb 22

The pharmacy said, "You need to call your doctor. You are out if refills"
They accidentally chaulked and filled our landline jack last year. I had the LL for emergencies. I was pissed when the idiot filled it with drywall repair goop.

Trueblue Texan

(2,430 posts)
22. Both my internet and phone are AT&T
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 01:07 PM
Feb 22

Both are working fine, but yesterday morning I had a little trouble getting online.

John1956PA

(2,654 posts)
29. My backup cell phone, an ATT flip phone, has functioned throughout.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 01:54 PM
Feb 22

My primary cell phone, an android Tracfone, also functioned throughout the event. I think that TracFone is owned by Verizon.

ArkansasDemocrat1

(1,194 posts)
36. So that's why I wasn't getting my usual calls this morning. I just need to embrace my inner Kitboga instead of ignoring
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 03:33 PM
Feb 22
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