AT&T mobile services interrupted for customers. What to know about cell phone availability
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A nationwide telecommunications outage occurred on Thursday morning affecting more than 80,000 mobile subscribers as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile users have been unable to make calls, send text messages or access the internet without Wi-Fi.
Beginning Thursday around 4:30 a.m., mobile users began experiencing devices switched into “SOS mode” which also prohibits all normal, business and non-emergency calls being sent or received.
According to downdetector.com, a website tracking mobile service functionality, AT&T mobile service outages were being reported around 3:43 a.m., beginning with more than 2,500 customers affected. By 8:45 a.m., there were more than 73,000 users without service.
AT&T outages reported from downdetector.com
“Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning. We are working urgently to restore service to them,” AT&T said in a statement to USA TODAY on Thursday morning. “We encourage the use of Wi-Fi calling until service is restored.”
Verizon mobile subscribers have seen a peak of 4,219 users affected, while T-Mobile has noticed nearly 2,016 mobile subscribers affected around 8 a.m. on Thursday.
According to reports, AT&T mobility is the largest mobile phone service provider in America, with more than 245 million subscribers as of late 2023. Verizon has nearly 145 million subscribers and T-Mobile has 119 million subscribers.
A person using a cell phone.
Phone outages are expected to alter business and personal calls, but will also interfere with emergency and first responder calls on each network.
Users are encouraged to use a landline or other means of communication until the issues are solved.
This story will be updated as more information is provided.
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