{"id":2183762,"date":"2024-02-22T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/att-outage-hits-thousands-in-us-disrupting-cellular-services\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:49:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:49:38","slug":"att-outage-hits-thousands-in-us-disrupting-cellular-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/att-outage-hits-thousands-in-us-disrupting-cellular-services\/","title":{"rendered":"AT&#038;T outage disrupts US cellular services, impacting thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fatt-outage-hits-thousands-in-us-disrupting-cellular-services%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2183762&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Breaking\u2062 News: Cellular Phone\u200c Service Outage Hits AT&#038;T Users in the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 In \u2062a major \u200cdisruption, thousands of AT&#038;T users in\u200c the United States experienced a cellular phone \u2063service outage on Thursday. The outage affected\u2064 calls,\u200d text\u200b messages, and even\u200b emergency\u2064 services in cities \u200dlike San Francisco.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>AT&#038;T acknowledged the\u200c interruptions \u200band\u200b assured customers\u200b that they were working urgently \u2064to restore service. They recommended using \u2064Wi-Fi calling as\u2064 an alternative until the issue is resolved.<\/p>\n<p>According to Downdetector.com, more than \u200d73,000 \u2062incidents were reported around 8:15 a.m. ET (1315 GMT), and the outage has been ongoing for at least five \u200dhours.<\/p>\n<p>AT&#038;T, \u2063one of the leading telecom operators \u2062in the U.S., has a 5G network\u200d that covers 290 million customers nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 outage has also impacted people&#8217;s \u200dability to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rogers-service-restored-after-canada-wide-outage-blames-router-malfunction\/\" title=\"Rogers service restored after Canada-wide outage, blames router malfunction\">reach emergency services<\/a> \u2062through 911, as reported by government departments in various U.S. cities on the X \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of an issue impacting AT&#038;T wireless customers from making \u2062and receiving any \u2062phone calls (including to 911),\u201d \u2063said the San Francisco Fire \u2064Department on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are aware of\u200d an issue impacting AT&#038;T wireless customers from making and receiving\u2064 any phone calls (including to 911).\u200c <\/p>\n<p>We are actively engaged and monitoring this.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco 911 center \u200dis still operational.<\/p>\n<p>If\u200d you\u2063 are an AT&#038;T \u2064customer\u200b and cannot \u200dget \u200bthrough to 911,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TUIEBkqmkI\">pic.twitter.com\/TUIEBkqmkI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFFDPIO\/status\/1760618741422072177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Prince William County Police Department in Virginia and Charlotte-Mecklenburg\u200d Police Department in North\u200d Carolina also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-gaming-website-publicly-supports-palestine-gets-called-out-for-ignoring-apartheid-genocide-and-oppression-in-china\/\" title=\"Another Gaming Website Publicly Supports Palestine, Gets Called Out For Ignoring \u2018Apartheid, Genocide, And Oppression\u2019 In China\">posted similar statements<\/a> on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Users of \u2063Verizon, T-Mobile, and UScellular also faced disruptions, according to Downdetector.<\/p>\n<p>However, T-Mobile and Verizon\u200c clarified that their networks \u200bwere \u200doperating\u200c normally and the \u200coutage may be related to \u2062customers trying to connect with other networks.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Senator Rick \u2064Scott of Florida expressed concern and reached\u200d out to AT&#038;T for an update on the outage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida law enforcement \u200cis doing everything it can to keep people safe,\u2062 and I expect\u2062 AT&#038;T to\u2064 keep us informed on what it is doing to get 911 services fully\u200c back online ASAP,\u201d he said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ATT<\/a> to get an update on this concerning issue. Florida law enforcement is doing everything\u200d it can to\u2064 keep \u200bpeople safe, \u200cand I expect AT&#038;T to keep us informed on what it is doing to get 911 services fully back online ASAP.\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CTMty0XFNI\">https:\/\/t.co\/CTMty0XFNI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rick \u2064Scott (@SenRickScott)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRickScott\/status\/1760672274359972251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Federal Communications \u2063Commission did not immediately respond to\u200d a request for comment on whether it was \u200cinvestigating the outage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2021, the regulatory agency settled a probe \u2062into a T-Mobile\u2062 outage during the pandemic that lasted\u200c over 12 hours and led to more\u200c than \u206420,000 failed 911 emergency calls for $19.5 million.<\/p>\n<p><sup>Reporting\u200c by Aditya Soni and Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru and David Shepardson in Washington; additional reporting by\u2063 Nilutpal Timsina and\u200c Arsheeya Bajwa; \u200dEditing by Shounak Dasgupta, Anil D\u2019Silva, Arun \u200bKoyyur and Jonathan Oatis<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Other News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Julian Assange\u2019s Extradition \u2062Hearing concludes, \u2063James Biden testifies \u2063before\u200c congress and Google Gemini never bets \u2064on white.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As the influx of migrants continue to surge at the \u200csouthern border many state officials are working to control the mass \u200dof people\u2064 from coming across the border.\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Two\u200c adults are arrested in connection to the Kansas City \u2063mass shooting. 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The outage affected calls, text messages, \u200band \u2064even emergency services in \u200ccities like \u200dSan\u200d Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>AT&#038;T acknowledged the interruptions and assured customers that \u2063they \u200dwere working urgently to restore service. They\u2064 recommended using Wi-Fi \u200dcalling as an alternative until the issue is\u200c resolved.<\/p>\n<p>According to Downdetector.com, more than 73,000 incidents were reported around 8:15 a.m. ET (1315 GMT), and the outage has \u200cbeen ongoing for at least five hours.<\/p>\n<p>AT&#038;T, one of the leading telecom operators in\u200b the \u200cU.S., has a 5G network that covers\u2064 290 \u2062million\u200b customers nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The outage has \u200dalso impacted people&#8217;s ability to \u2064reach emergency services \u2063through 911, as reported by government departments\u200b in \u2063various U.S.\u2062 cities on the X social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of an issue impacting AT&#038;T\u200d wireless customers from making \u200dand \u2062receiving\u2064 any phone calls (including to 911),\u201d said the\u2064 San Francisco Fire Department on X.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince William \u2063County Police Department in Virginia and\u200d Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police\u200b Department in North Carolina\u2063 also posted similar statements\u2063 on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Users of Verizon, T-Mobile, and\u200c UScellular also faced disruptions, according \u2062to Downdetector.<\/p>\n<p>However, T-Mobile and Verizon clarified that their networks were\u200c operating normally and the outage may be related to customers trying to \u200cconnect \u2064with other networks.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. \u200bSenator Rick Scott of Florida expressed concern and reached out\u2062 to AT&#038;T for an\u2064 update on the outage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida law enforcement is doing everything it can to keep people safe, \u200dand I expect AT&#038;T to\u200d keep us informed on what it is doing to get 911 services fully back online ASAP,\u201d he said in a post on\u200b X.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Communications Commission\u2063 did not immediately respond to \u2064a request\u200b for comment on whether it was investigating the outage.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the regulatory agency\u200b settled a probe \u2063into a \u200cT-Mobile outage during the pandemic that lasted over 12 hours and \u2062led to \u200cmore than 20,000 \u200dfailed\u200c 911 emergency calls for\u200d $19.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting by Aditya Soni and Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru and David Shepardson in Washington; additional reporting by Nilutpal Timsina\u200c and A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 22, 2024, at 7:30 AM PST, a widespread cellular phone service outage affected numerous AT&amp;T users in the US. 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