Nationwide data outages are plaguing AT&T's network today?

19. omarc26 posted on 12 Jun 2010, 12:10 0 0

yes at&t sucks ass thats why i cancelled my service with them

28. JeffdaBeat posted on 12 Jun 2010, 13:56 0 0

I swear...you guys get boners off of loving or hating a network. Cell phones are utility bills to me. That like me saying, "I LOVE Columbia Gas" or "I absolutely will always stay with American Electric Power because they are amazing." No, it's a bill you pay every month. Its a service you get. I've never understood why you guys love and hate a utility bill.

31. wade1968 posted on 12 Jun 2010, 20:07 0 0

hey jeff i think it is just people thinking like this, since at&t has been a cell phone service provider and year after year the data kills there system everyone including me,no boner, after all the years of trouble with this they still have not been able to fix it or make it not crash so much and why? my guess they are to busy counting money to look into the problem and spend money to fix the problem.

5. Whateverman posted on 11 Jun 2010, 23:39 0 0

I have to disagree with you on this one. All the companies you listed use Att's fiber optic lines to deliver service to there customers as well. They would be shooting themselves in the foot by cutting Att cables. And the fact that its only data being effected sounds like a system or switch related issue. This happens to every carrier once in a while, they'll get it up and running soon.

11. cansler posted on 12 Jun 2010, 08:37 0 0

I have to slightly correct you, Verizon is not in AT&T's footprint on the landline side. And thereby would not be using AT&T's network in their own footprint. However, wherever there is a cell tower in the AT&T footprint, they would use AT&T's network. It may well have been voice and data, but nobody really reports a voice outage. Most people using smartphones are not as concerned w/ voice as much as they are w/ data. The one thing that leads me to believe it is a switch issue is that it is only a 2G outage in the mentioned states and a 3G outage in the southwest (Likely due to software/hardware updates/changes to improve the network). Unless there was only 2G coverage in the areas mentioned. Then I would fully agree w/ networkdood. When I go in monday, I will ask my manager if there have been any fiber cuts in those states. I work in AT&T construction in Michigan. We might get asked to go assist in the repairs...

15. lovebuzz posted on 12 Jun 2010, 10:29 0 0

Networkdood did you pull that info from your a**hole? That's a serious question. Even if by some chance this cable-cutting was the case, I sincerely doubt that could even be possible across all 50 states. The article mentioned that it was a nationwide data connectivity issue, and you are stupid to think that any other carrier would have anything to do with it. AT&T simply needs to get their shit together, and as for you.. You're such an idiot i'm surprised you can even speak without having a seizure.

16. sinfulta posted on 12 Jun 2010, 10:52 0 0

Actually Lovebuzz is correct. I had to run out to the San Francisco Bay area (Where they're is not Verizon landline) to work on switching because just south of the bay area where Verizon landline starts (Gilroy I think) ATT lines were cut in San Jose area. If you our in Southern California where I live, it's the complete opposite. Almost no ATT and all Verizon landline.

20. lovebuzz posted on 12 Jun 2010, 12:37 0 0

Well, I guess Networkdood isn't the only airhead on here. WHAT DOES FIBER OPTIC CABLE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WIRELESS DATA OUTAGE? Jesus.

26. Whateverman posted on 12 Jun 2010, 13:33 0 0

Think about it. If there are no Verizon lines in that area, VZW would need to run through a different provider to supply service right? I worked during that last big outage where Att fiber optics were cut, and yes VZW customer were calling wondering why they had no service. Att and VZW worked together to get Att lines reconnected. Why else would weinvest our time and resources getting our biggest competitors network running again unless their was something in it for us?

33. networkdood posted on 14 Jun 2010, 20:18 0 0

Well, like I always say "SUCKS TO BE YOU"

34. networkdood posted on 14 Jun 2010, 20:18 0 0

Whatever, how does it feel to be wrong....??

21. lovebuzz posted on 12 Jun 2010, 12:42 0 0

So, where's this screenshot? There is no use in placing blame upon others when AT&T has been having these types of problems FOREVER. All you have to do is look at their map, and there's your answer.

8. DonkeyPunched posted on 12 Jun 2010, 06:22 0 0

You obviously don't know what you are talking about. You don't even know how to use the right there, their, and they're.