Cell Phone Outage Today

[5030]

I'm in Michigan and it never went down.

 

[5030]

No worries. It's just our Chinese friends testing their hacking and disrupting abilities.....

Maybe, but probably not. Just be patient until the Houthi's cut the cables and they will at some point. Then your cell phone will become a rock but then so will your computer. Only a matter of time.

 

[Paddy]

My son got the dreaded SOS where the bars usually are located. He was out for making calls but could still text.

I was good the whole time.

He is back to normal now.

We are on the same ATT plan with identical phones.

Very weird.

MoKelly,

Same here. My wife and I are on the same plan, both were out this morning. In ten mins, my came on. Hers didn't come on for 3 hours!

It was a pain because she was at the hospital to see her dad

 

[Complete Turf Care]

It seemed to be very random as to who lost service and who did not.
I never lost service and I’m on AT&T with an iPhone. My coworker did lose service and he is on AT&T with a Samsung phone.
Others with iPhones lost service and some did not.
It seems that everyone has service again since around noon.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Yeh ! Heard a conspiracy theory on this earlier today, that "it was completed by an AI analysis of conservatives, to find out how they would communicate in an outage."
????? Just had to laugh about that!

 

[CliffordK]

Odd, I never lost my phone that I know of.
I wonder if a couple of the cell providers got hacked, or perhaps experienced some kind of a software bug.

 

[Hay Dude]

No worries. It's just our Chinese friends testing their hacking and disrupting abilities.....

Funny!!
I was going to go with Iran since they trashed ******‘s cell phone service just the day before ours.

Wait until the real one hits.…..good night USA

 

[Jstpssng]

Mine was out for a while today, buy not as long as for many. It was a bit of a pain as I had to log in with my computer and needed the hot spot. I survived though, and when I checked my email I found that they had taken their monthly payment out while the server was down! Go figure.

 

[B7510HSD]

Ham Radio Still Works

 

[5030]

I like my 'Ham' spiral sliced....

 

[rswyan]

“AT&T said late Thursday that based on an initial review, the outage was “caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process used as we were expanding our network, not a cyber attack.” The company will continue to assess the outage.”

AT&T cellular service restored after daylong outage; cause still unknown

A cellular outage Thursday hit thousands of AT&T users in the United States, disrupting calls, text messages and emergency services in major cities.

www.cnbc.com

 

[workinonit]

I wish they would all go down and not come back. Nothing more annoying than an Apple cell phone.

 

[Jstpssng]

I wish they would all go down and not come back. Nothing more annoying than an Apple cell phone.

You are in the vast minority. A phone is a tool, just like anything else. It's the user who decides if it's useful or a boor.

 

[BravoXray]

For many people a cell phone is a tool, however many people that have cell phones are tools, annoying ones.

 

[BleedingOrange]

No worries. It's just our Chinese friends testing their hacking and disrupting abilities.....

Hmmmm, I wonder what that balloon that is floating around over the USA was doing ?

 

[workinonit]

You are in the vast minority. A phone is a tool, just like anything else. It's the user who decides if it's useful or a boor.

Cell phones are a vice for the majority of the people that have them plain and simple. Admittedly, it is a very useful tool in my business but I'm most certain we could come up with a way around it if need be. I ran a business full time before we had cell phones. I didn't get one until 1989 or 90. I blame them and their users for the state of affairs in this country now.

 

[oosik]

Yesterday I was at the doctors office. Me and six or eight others waiting to see a Dr. I was the ONLY person who did not have his face buried in a cell phone.

I guess I'm just too old and too old school. I DO have a cell phone. It is always OFF - unless I'm expecting a call or making a call. I do not browse social media - do not surf the internet - do not play games - do not listen to music. I DO NOT take the cell phone with me when leaving the house.

I am still able to enjoy a trip - a new experience - a new adventure - without the need of "modern technology".

For me it is simply a phone. I make and receive phone calls with this darn device - weather permitting.

 

[ruffdog]

I am still able to enjoy a trip - a new experience - a new adventure - without the need of "modern technology".

I still don't have a mobile phone.....and life is just fine without the disruptions. It is nice not wearing a watch too.

 

[rScotty]

I wish they would all go down and not come back. Nothing more annoying than an Apple cell phone.

We live in the rural mountains of Colorado. In much of this state there isn't any cell service, and so far people in small mountain towns have just never got into the habit.

We do have a cell phone which we use when we go to a large city for shopping or such - where we are always amazed anew to see how many people are glued to their phones.

rScotty

 

[Complete Turf Care]

My business would not survive without cell phones. It's how I communicate with customers. I don't have someone in an office to answer a phone. I use it for a lot more than phone calls. I check weather, do lots of texting, emails, navigation, shopping, etc.