by g_sch on 6/15/20, 8:34 PM
Does the cell network have a single point of failure which could explain these concurrent outages across carriers? I have a (somewhat crude) mental model of how the internet works, so if this were a nationwide internet outage I would at least have an inkling of whether it was an accidental misconfiguration, bad actor launching an attack, etc. I have no such model for the cell network!
by theodric on 6/15/20, 8:10 PM
Tinfoil hat theory: government trying to disrupt protests by breaking down communications and disrupting live streams
by joecool1029 on 6/15/20, 10:20 PM
by geoelectric on 6/15/20, 10:10 PM
by bradleypowers on 6/15/20, 8:48 PM
by blhack on 6/15/20, 7:56 PM
Yeah this is something. They all seem to have started at the same time.
by ADent on 6/15/20, 11:14 PM
Just got one of those annoying alerts on my phone. Saying “Loccal cell phone carriers are experiencing outages” and an alternative number for 9-1-1 calls.
by framebit on 6/15/20, 7:37 PM
As of right now looks like AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and many others.