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Cellular outage in U.S. hits AT&T, T Mobile and Verizon users, Downdetector shows (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 7 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Cellular outage in U.S. hits AT&T, T Mobile and Verizon users, Downdetector shows::undefined

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[–] nemanin@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

A communication disruption can mean only one thing: INVASION!

[–] Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was over at Down Detector’s disqus comments. You’d be surprised how many people were saying that. Some said Russia, others said China. I said, it’s The Spanish Inquisition!

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

So you’re saying they’re unexpected?

[–] mikyopii@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

It could also mean you didn't pay your phone bill.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Welp, that’s all the users. Thanks, capitalism.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It isn't all the users. It's localized outages across several networks. Also, this is solar flare related, which is cool :)

[–] nnullzz@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yup. We hit an R3 in space weather conditions over the past 24 hours which means radio comms were impacted.

Space Weather

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 3 points 7 months ago

Thats enough to mess with low VHF but not enough to disrupt ground to ground UHF.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is it tho?

Two solar flares happened. We don't know if it caused it.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

You are correct fuck giver: NOAA says the flares were probably unrelated to the outages.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Right. Just as likely it is a new covid variant propagating through the 5g system.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's obviously not as likely...

But it's still stupid to immediately say this was due to solar flares.

[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 7 months ago

or if you just check it, it would show a large solar flare impacting radio

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Smh losers I'm on 9G already 😎

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 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.

[–] BBQThunder@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait - the article you linked clearly says AT&T only, not other services. It also sites an AT&T spokesperson blaming a software upgrade on their network as the cause. So any other outages at other providers would be completely coincidental.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Most likely people trying to call/txt ATT customers and thinking it's their service.