AT&T customers are reporting widespread outages. Some iPhone users saw SOS messages displayed in the status bar on their cellphones.
AT&T says they have "restored wireless service to all our affected customers." ByMax Zahn, Jon Haworth, Josh Margolin, Jack Date, and Luke Barr February 23, 2024, 8:56 AM2:52 Tens of thousands of AT&T customers hit with outages Federal agencies are investigating whether the AT&T outage was...
New York prosecutors said they areopening an investigationinto a wireless network outage in February that leftthousands of AT&T customersacross the U.S. without cellphone service for roughly 12 hours. The outage, which also affected some Consumer Cellular, T-Mobile, UScellular and Verizon subscribers...
The FBI and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said they were aware of the outages and investigating. "We are aware of the reported wireless outages, and our Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is actively investigating," the FCC posted on X. "We are in touch with AT&T and publ...
The outages are being reported across the country in most major cities. FOX 7 Austin reached out to AT&T by email, a spokesperson responded saying: "Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning. We are working urgently to restore service to them. We encourage...
He explained that "outages sometimes have outsized impacts on some subscribers that may be greater than the face value of the credit. For that reason, I believe that crediting those customers for essentially a full day of service is the right thing to do." ...
Most of the complaints were focused on problems with mobile phones or wireless service. Outages were highest in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Chicago, New York, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Indianapolis, according to Downdetector. What caused the AT&T outage? The company attributed the outage to...
A note on the company’s website said that reimbursement will be a $5 credit per account to your AT&T Wireless account. The offer does not apply to AT&T Business, AT&T Prepaid or Cricket. Users of Cricket, which is owned by AT&T, also experienced outages on Thursday. ...
"We are aware of the reported wireless outages, and our Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is actively investigating," the FCC posted on X. "We are in touch with AT&T and public safety authorities, including FirstNet, as well as other providers." ...
AT&T promptly acknowledged the problem and assured customers that they were working on resolving it. While affected users could still make calls and send texts over Wi-Fi, the outage persisted. Other carriers like Verizon, T-Mobile, and Cricket Wireless also reported outages, albeit on a smaller...