Massive Cell Phone Outages across US

birdy said:
Is your cell phone service out? I just read that AT&T, T Mobile, and Verizon are having coast to coast issues with service outages. Only SOS capability in some areas. AT&T had 32,000 reports of outages.
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I really have no idea. My phone stays in my purse turned off. But now you have me curious, so I'll have to go look. :) Nope, service fine.
 
I have not tried mine, but I was just reading on Twitter that people all over are talking about cell phone outages on most of the major companies. There are also reports of a huge cyber attack here in the USA, and one was a warning to hospitals about a cyber attack that is hitting insurance companies.
Also, someone posted that we are having a really large solar flare, so that could be affecting cell reception as well.
 
I just heard it is ATT here outages for cell phones. Mine is off in my purse but I just charged it. It is a tracfone and i don't know what carrier they use.
 
perplexed said:
I just heard it is ATT here outages for cell phones. Mine is off in my purse but I just charged it. It is a tracfone and i don't know what carrier they use.
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That's exactly what I have... Samsung phone, Tracfone service, and in my purse turned off. 🤭 As far as I know, they used to contract with a few of the huge carriers, but I think Verizon acquired it a few years ago.
 
I was forced to switch to AT&T from Verizon last spring. 5G Sucks. Verizon worked well on 2g - 4g but the switch ruined Verizon's coverage at my area. It remains ok in the big City. AT&T has been good.
 
Well I have MetroPCS which is under T Mobile's umbrella. I believe my son is now on T Mobile. We talked on the phone this morning and I just got through to him again, so we're good. I also talked with my BFF this morning and she's in Florida. I forgot which service she has though.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
I have not tried mine, but I was just reading on Twitter that people all over are talking about cell phone outages on most of the major companies. There are also reports of a huge cyber attack here in the USA, and one was a warning to hospitals about a cyber attack that is hitting insurance companies.
Also, someone posted that we are having a really large solar flare, so that could be affecting cell reception as well.
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Change Healthcare was very recently hit with a cybersecurity attack.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Well I have MetroPCS which is under T Mobile's umbrella. I believe my son is now on T Mobile. We talked on the phone this morning and I just got through to him again, so we're good. I also talked with my BFF this morning and she's in Florida. I forgot which service she has though.
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My friend has AT&T in Florida and she was able to text this morning.
 
Yesterday while waiting for text from wife when she was scheduled to land (flying in for SIL's funeral). DD got a text but not me. We have Consumer Cell (understand they piggyback on the AT&T towers). Was able to finally get a text after 2 hours. Not much of an issue but good to know.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
I have not tried mine, but I was just reading on Twitter that people all over are talking about cell phone outages on most of the major companies. There are also reports of a huge cyber attack here in the USA, and one was a warning to hospitals about a cyber attack that is hitting insurance companies.
Also, someone posted that we are having a really large solar flare, so that could be affecting cell reception as well.
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I've been reading for weeks about possible mass outages due to solar flares. In fact I posted something about it in a thread here and somebody "poo-pooed" it. This could well have been a cyber attack though. There has been news that the US has intel about (foreign) bad actors who intend to target our infrastructure.
 
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Roadwarrior said:
Yesterday while waiting for text from wife when she was scheduled to land (flying in for SIL's funeral). DD got a text but not me. We have Consumer Cell (understand they piggyback on the AT&T towers). Was able to finally get a text after 2 hours. Not much of an issue but good to know.
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My son texted me over a month ago that he was at the doctor's office ready to pick me up. I found out when I called him to see if he would be able to. He said check your text. Well, I still haven't gotten that text! I've gotten many others since then though. That's one of the reasons I tell my loved ones, if something is important...call me, don't text me.
 
I had no cell phone problems and my landline is working but I bet MANY are affected by this.
It sure might be Solar Flares:
Powerful twin solar flares erupt from sun as cell phone outages spike across US (video)

I have had internet outages off and on for the past two days and I understand solar flares can affect the satelitte I get my internet from. Still we have had a lots of low clouds and rain today- so maybe that is the culprit.
 

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