"Major Cellular Outage Hits AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Users Across U.S."

AT&T experienced a widespread outage affecting phone, text, and internet services for customers across the United States, with over 64,000 reported outages. While Verizon and T-Mobile also had some network issues, they were less widespread. AT&T acknowledged the outage but did not provide a reason for the system failure. Local governments reported disruptions to emergency services, and AT&T advised customers to use Wi-Fi calling until service is restored. Verizon and T-Mobile stated that their networks were operating normally and suggested that user reports on Downdetector may reflect challenges connecting to users on other networks.