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AT&T’s response to last week’s nationwide outage

Last week, AT&T’s cellular outage lasted several hours and impacted customers nationwide.  AT&T has come out since then with an apology and reassurance that the outage was a result of “the application and execution of an incorrect process used as we were expanding our network, not a cyberattack.”  They plan…...

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CUB statement on nationwide AT&T cellphone outage and tips for making calls

CUB Executive Director Sarah Moskowitz issues the following statement in response to AT&T’s nationwide wireless outage: This is a serious outage impacting public services, including peoples’ ability to call 911 on their wireless phones. After a year when AT&T boasted record operating income due to its mobile service (about $26…...

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