AT&T customers in the dark as it races to resolve massive outage: Live updates

Websites that track self-reported disabilities report a significant decrease in the amount of disabilities nationwide.

Around 7,000 people are still without power, according to the latest figures. Nevertheless, this site is not intended to be a comprehensive representation of the current situation.

Residents of four Texas cities and other cities in the Midwest and East Coast reported the most service outages, according to the information tracking website Down Detector.

Those affected lived in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin. Meanwhile, other residents who struggled to get cell phone service were primarily in Atlanta, Chicago, New York City, Miami and Indianapolis.

“CISA is aware of the reports and stands ready to work closely with AT&T to understand the cause and impact of the failure and provide any necessary assistance,” said Eric, Executive Assistant Director of Cybersecurity at CISA.・Mr. Goldstein said in a statement. .

“Some people may not have cell phone service this morning,” DeSantis told a crowd Thursday about the efforts of the Central Florida Tourism Surveillance District.

“When I think about my daily life…it’s like, honestly, imagining what would happen in this country if there was an EMP attack or something,” he said. “That’s not necessarily a good idea.”

Emergency officials are having a hard time fielding calls as AT&T continues to be out of service. In Virginia, authorities in Prince William County, just an hour southwest of Washington, D.C., are asking residents to text emergency services if necessary.

by prince william timesother authorities in nearby counties have issued similar notices, but are warning residents to text 911 if possible.

AT&T says 75 percent of its network has been restored.

“Our network team took immediate action and so far three-quarters of our network has been restored,” the company said. “We are working as quickly as possible to restore service to our remaining customers.”

AT&T is currently directing affected customers to a special page on its website. Not very detailed:

“This morning, some customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions. Our network team took immediate action and so far three-quarters of our network has been restored. We are working to restore service to the remaining customers. We are working to recover as quickly as possible.”

Newer iPhones (14 and 15) have new satellite connectivity features that allow you to connect to the world via satellite rather than a traditional phone connection. It is explained here.

If you’re part of an AT&T outage, you should still be able to use it. However, please note that this is primarily intended for emergency situations and has its own limitations, such as the need to be able to see the sky.

AT&T recommends affected users connect to WiFi and use it to call people. (Steps are below.)

But there are many other ways to communicate without connecting to a phone.you can

It is also worth noting that there are many ways to use the service even without an active Internet connection. For example, you can download maps offline (Google has allowed this for a while, and Apple Maps recently introduced it). Also, download music and videos to your phone for long distance travel.

It’s only been a few months since its release leave the world behindA Netflix movie with a tagline that’s a bit familiar today:

Of course, there is internet and most phones still work. But it’s a reminder that such outages can occur.