Cellular Phone Outages Reported Across U.S.; AT&T Says “Working Urgently” To Restore Service
deadline.comAT&T said that cellular customers were experiencing outages this morning, but there were also reports of widespread disruptions at other carriers. “We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that is happening and some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning.
We are working urgently to restore service to them. We encourage the use of Wi-Fi calling until service is restored,” AT&T said in a statement.
Other carriers also were reporting disruptions, including Verizon and T-Mobile, according to Downdetector.com. Verizon and T-Mobile each said that their service was working normally but that customers were impacted when connecting to other carriers, according to the Associated Press.
The outages were widespread enough that local emergency service officials advised residents to use alternate means of contacting 911.
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