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AT&T officers stated they’re working to repair its community outage, however as many as 60,000 clients had been nonetheless reporting issues as of 11 a.m. Thursday.
AT&T’s wi-fi community fizzled out Thursday morning, leaving clients in San Antonio and across the nation unable to put calls, ship texts or leap on the web.
Though the Dallas-based firm stated it is made progress restoring service, greater than 60,000 U.S. clients are nonetheless reporting issues as of press time, in keeping with monitoring web site Downdetector. Practically 3,000 Verizon and round 1,500 T-Cell clients additionally reported service issues at the moment.
Regardless that lack of wi-fi entry makes it laborious to publish on social media, no scarcity of San Antonio AT&T clients shared their frustration by way of X, the social media platform beforehand referred to as Twitter.
“50% of my job is interviewing individuals on the telephone and checking electronic mail from the sphere,” San Antonio Report reporter Issac Windes tweeted. “Extended cell service outages make that… very laborious.”
~50% of my job is interviewing individuals on the telephone and checking electronic mail from the sphere. Extended cell service outages make that… very laborious 🙄 🙄 🙄
— Isaac Windes 🌊 (@isaacdwindes) February 22, 2024
Alamo Metropolis sports activities podcaster Mike Jimenez tweeted that the outage dumped him again within the “Stone Age,” whereas Axios San Antonio reporter Maddy Mendoza shared a meme concerning the outage turning individuals into clowns at they attempt to talk.
This AT&T outage received me within the stone age this morning…
— Mike Jiménez (@MJAcquiredTaste) February 22, 2024
Me: Name me whenever you’re able to be picked up Mother: OK
Us with our AT&T telephones: pic.twitter.com/J2bWLruHuz
— Maddy Skye (@MaddySkye) February 22, 2024
Regardless of AT&T’s assurance that it is fixing the issue, U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, a Democrat whose district consists of elements of San Antonio and Austin, criticized the telecommunications big for a scarcity of transparency concerning the community issues.
“I’m (very personally) conscious of the foremost AT&T outages in Texas and throughout the U.S.,” Casar tweeted. “We’re pushing AT&T to be extra clear about what’s taking place and when this can be resolved — ASAP.”
I’m (very personally) conscious of the foremost @ATT outages in Texas and throughout the U.S. We’re pushing AT&T to be extra clear about what’s taking place and when this can be resolved— ASAP.
— Greg Casar (@GregCasar) February 22, 2024
Some scientists speculate the outage stems from a pair of intense photo voltaic flares that occurred Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Certainly, an identical flare affected AT&T’s landlines in 1972.
Different specialists hypothesize the outage is the results of a SIM card database registry concern.
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