UPDATE: Texans Wake Up To Massive Cellular Outage
***UPDATED at 11:30am***
Services across AT&T and other providers are being restored. Roughly 75% of AT&T's network has been restored. No reason has been given for the cellular outage as of 11:30 a.m. CT. Both T-Mobile and Verizon say their networks are fine and never experienced an outage, though outages were reported on downdector.com.
EARLIER STORY
Texans and people across the nation are waking up Thursday morning with no cell service. What has been described as a nationwide cellular outage is mainly effecting users of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile.
According to CNBC, AT&T users were experiencing the most outages but according to downdector.com, the number among all carriers is growing as of 7:00 a,m, CT. AT&T users without service are reporting that their phones are in SOS mode meaning they can only make emergency calls.
WFAA in Dallas reported that the outages began at around 2 a.m. Central.
The Daily Mail is also reporting that across the nation, 911 operators are warning residents that the outage has impacted their ability to take calls.
While cellular operations have been impacted, 5G wi-fi and internet services have not been impacted according to reports.
This is a developing story. KFYO will update as more details emerge.
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