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Cellular outage in U.S. hits AT&T, T Mobile and Verizon users, Downdetector shows::undefined

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

NOAA says no:

While solar flares can affect communication systems, radar, and the Global Positioning System, based on the intensity of the eruption and associated phenomena, it is highly unlikely that these flares contributed to the widely reported cellular network outages.