Some on Facebook were questioning why this was even posted. "Click bait" was one response. I wanted to reach through the screen and punch both. And they once again proved my general belief - People are stupid.
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News Widespread wireless outage hits AT&T customers at Walt Disney World
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My Nokia is so reliable it doesn't even need cellular service to work.
donsullivan
Premium Member
The thread title is a little bit misleading in that the outage is nationwide, impacting all AT&T customers no matter where they are. The title leads one to believe the outage is only affecting Disney World which is clearly only a small part of the story. Something like 'Nationwide AT&T outage is also impacting Walt Disney World' might be a little more accurate.
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
…I miss that phone
My Nokia is so reliable it doesn't even need cellular service to work.
I don't believe it was impacting all AT&T customers, but it was certainly impacting WDW, which is all I could report on.
donsullivan
Premium Member
It was impacting 10’s of thousands of customers across the entire nation, not just WDW.
And it seems to be coming back on line in central Florida now.
I was helpless until power restored at 12 noon. Before that no text, call, receive call or internet. I hope AT&T was not hacked. If I had to call 911 I would be unable to do so.
Widespread wireless outage hits AT&T customers at Walt Disney World
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networkpro
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
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It looks to have been limited to AT&T's network. Which is unlike the assertation post from 9am which stated that three carriers were impacted.
My Verizon flip phone kept working through a Cat 3 hurricane back in the day.
My Nokia is so reliable it doesn't even need cellular service to work.
I was referring to where you said "impacting all AT&T customers no matter where they are"
That is not accurate, it was only a relatively small number of AT&Ts users, albeit in the tens of thousand. But what I could say for certain was that it was out at WDW, which is what I reported on.
Fido Chuckwagon
Well-Known Member
I mean, there's a finite number of VQ's though (and it sells out in seconds). For every guest that **couldn't** get into it because of the AT&T outage there's a corresponding verizon/wifi user who **could** get into it because of the outage, so I'd say in this case it's a wash.
Fido Chuckwagon
Well-Known Member
That "tens of thousands" number was based off of like one website (downdetector) and was just repeated ad nauseam by every media organization. I am confident the true number was many orders of magnitude greater than "tens of thousands" given that every person I know who has AT&T everywhere was effected today.
Knew of some in several states along with me that were in the outage. Not thousands but possibly millions affected but that would not be good PR for AT&T.
plutofan15
Well-Known Member
Wi-Fi does not use cellular networks.
It's like as if the voices of millions of social media users cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
Eric Graham
Well-Known Member
I dated a gal years ago who worked for AT&T years ago. She said going to work everyday was going to the dark side(the death star from Star Wars) 
Yes , members of family who work remotely were severely impacted. Could not log on to do remote work for several hours in different states.
steel_phantom
Member
Well, with that quote, you have proven to me that I can't trust that any of your articles have actually been researched.
Eric Graham
Well-Known Member
AT&T cellular service restored after daylong outage; cause still unknown
A cellular outage Thursday hit thousands of AT&T users in the United States, disrupting calls, text messages and emergency services in major cities.
www.cnbc.com
Brian
Well-Known Member
This is from a satire site:
AT&T Customers Unaware Of Network Outage Since They're Used To Not Having Cell Signal
babylonbee.com
AT&T Customers Unaware Of Network Outage Since They're Used To Not Having Cell Signal
AT&T Customers Unaware Of Network Outage Since They're Used To Not Having Cell Signal
EAST GREENVILLE, PA — AT&T customers were surprised to learn there was a network outage affecting most of the company's subscribers this Thursday. Customers noted that they are so accustomed to not having a functioning cell signal that they didn't notice anything was amiss.
babylonbee.com