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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. […]

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile users hit by widespread U.S. outage

A substantial cellphone outage swept across the United States early Thursday, causing significant disruptions, including hindering some police departments’ ability to receive emergency 911 calls. The majority of these issues were reported by AT&T customers. DownDetector—a service that monitors outages by compiling status reports from various sources, including direct user feedback—logging nearly 32,000 problems around […]