Tag: Cell

AT&T Announces Suspected Cause of Nationwide Cell Outage

After a service disruption Thursday effected tens of thousands of AT&T, sparking fears of a cyber attack, the company announced that evening that an internal error was the source of the problems. The company didn’t say how many of its customers had been affected by the issue, but USAToday cited data from website Downdetector as […]

Did a Cyberattack Take Down America’s Cell System? – HotAir

Well, the feds can’t be the only ones wondering about the cause of today’s massive cellular-system failure. All three major networks reported outages at roughly the same time, and although there were areas of uninterrupted service, the failures seems to be widespread. Having all three networks seemingly impacted suggested something other than a single point […]

Massive Outages Hit Multiple National Cell Carriers

U.S. mobile phone users who use a variety of carriers have reported widespread outages since early Thursday morning nationwide. Some have said the outage is so severe they are unable to even dial 911. Beginning before 3:30 a.m. ET, the outages were first reported widely across social media. They appeared to mostly affect AT&T subscribers. […]