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[–] echo64@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It remains unclear if there is a connection between the two events

[–] cfi@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I don't know, I feel pretty strongly that they're linked. Clearly the cell phone outage caused the solar flares.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Solar flares take 36-48 hours to reach Earth.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

it takes eight minutes for cell signals to reach the sun

[–] BBQThunder@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But if we're observing the visible light from the flares on earth, wouldn't that mean the other electromagnetic interference has also arrived? Or is the interference caused by heavier radiation particles? Actually curious - I assumed that satellite to ground transmissions would be light or radio-based and therefore not affected by heavy radiation, only EM (which travels at the speed of light)...

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Ah, the ol' Red^H^H^H Lemmy switcharoo!

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

It would appear that the sun attempted to engage with AT&T's customer service - you can't really blame it for ending the encounter with a fit of rage that shut down the entire company.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The only outage I heard today was AT&T. Never had an issues on T-Mobile. However, my peer said his Verizon phone was having all kinds of problems. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] Birdie@thelemmy.club 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No problems with my Verizon service.

[–] BBQThunder@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Can confirm. I have Verizon and AT&T phones - AT&T only issues. Verizon phones worked fine in my area!