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I didn't lose service. It was a busy day, so I needed to have service to text clients.
I don't paint! If it was an outage, just certain phones would not have been affected, ALL phones in the network/networks that had an outage would have been affected! This was their way of showing us they can turn off your communication if they choose to do so, to whomever they choose!Could you enlighten me ... what is the big picture that you are painting?
Is this just speculation, or is there any information confirming this?I don't paint! If it was an outage, just certain phones would not have been affected, ALL phones in the network/networks that had an outage would have been affected! This was their way of showing us they can turn off your communication if they choose to do so, to whomever they choose!
Not necessarily true. And even if true, outages are not always just ON or OFF. Sometimes one area is affected while another is not. Sometimes outages flicker between ON and OFF before they stabilize (if they ever do). Sometimes one cell tower may have newer equipment/software installed while a sibling tower has not been upgraded - and these two towers may respond differently to a central service problem. Two people standing next to each other may be connected to different towers. And depending on timing, one person may randomly hit an ON flicker while the next person hits an OFF flicker 30 seconds later. These two people will report different observations regarding the outage affecting them or not.ALL phones in the network/networks that had an outage would have been affected!
AT&T said the cause of its national service outage was the 'execution of an incorrect process'
It was off and on all day with computers and phones (since the phones are connected into the computers and internet). What a mess. Active calls cut out completely. And other weird stuff.Having line issues at work today, @Peanut
And anyone trying to call an AT&T number....which since nobody acutally on AT&T could call....meant a roughly 50% chance that if you could call, you where trying to call AT&T.....which didn't work....which was why every carrier had a huge spike in error reports, as cumulatively, 75% of calls failed during that period.The only ones in this area affected were 100% at&t
That's an important point that many people missed.And anyone trying to call an AT&T number....which since nobody acutally on AT&T could call....meant a roughly 50% chance that if you could call, you where trying to call AT&T.....which didn't work....which was why every carrier had a huge spike in error reports, as cumulatively, 75% of calls failed during that period.
I don't think I've talked to a hundred people in the last 10 years.Wasn't much effect around here. I only talked to 2 people out of close to 100 last 2 days that had any issues. Other than news reports and on here, I would have never known it
NORMAL!? You name me normal? Harrumph!I don't think I've talked to a hundred people in the last 10 years.
But anyway, it was fixed before normal people even woke up.
NORMAL!? You name me normal? Harrumph!
Wondered about that too, our separate security guys have been working on our system trying to keep things operational but there’s only so much they can do.I made a late afternoon call, had no issues. This event reminds me... I've seen a lot of large scale electronic equipment upgrades, company wide, even hospitals, participated in a few.
I think at&t did a major migration to new equipment, took about 36hrs. Might be a few lingering issues over the next week. Just a guess... bet the price of red bull just spiked, lots of red-eyed engineers at atnt.
Around here, if you have WIFI and AT&T your phone worked! It wasn't just an outage!!The only ones in this area affected were 100% at&t
Typically I don't talk to more than 10 or so in a day. But the last three days I've been going thru a facility that houses probably 1000 people on a given day. Seemed like everyone was asking what we were doing. Had all kinds of unusual equipment.I don't think I've talked to a hundred people in the last 10 years.
But anyway, it was fixed before normal people even woke up.
Do you know that WiFi calling - which some, but not all cellphone/carrier combinations support - and cellular calling use totally different technologies and networks? e.g., the entire cellular network can go down and WiFi calling still works? WiFi calling is much more limited, typically it's only feasible when you're at a static location already connected to a WiFi router.Around here, if you have WIFI and AT&T your phone worked! It wasn't just an outage!!
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