If you’re an AT&T customer, you’ve likely been affected by the widespread cell outage that left users across the US unable to place calls, text, or access the Internet.
Though the company provided no official reason for the outage, the issue appears to be related to how cellular services hand off calls from one network to the next, a process known as peering, according to CNN.
While Verizon and T-Mobile customers also reported some network outages, they appeared to be less widespread.
The issue began Thursday (February 22) morning. Roughly 11 hours after reports of the outage first emerged, AT&T informed that it had restored service to all affected customers and “sincerely apologized” for the inconvenience.
The company also added that it’s “taking steps to ensure our customers do not experience this again in the future.”
Below, Bored Panda presents 32 memes that creatively capture people's reactions to the situation, ranging from despair to humor.
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Verizon Customers Looking Down At The Peasantry
Y2K Flashbacks
Cast Away
Service Credit
Boomers Had A Plan All Along
Going Back In Time To The 90s
That's trying to get in touch with AT&T anytime, not just during an outage.
A Baseball Teams Joins In On The Fun
Final Texts
Six Hours Can Be A Long Time Not To See Insta Stories
No Internet = End Of The World
Completely Clueless
Scrolling Down Your Social Media Feed As The World Burns
There’s Always A Fitting Scene From The Office
I read people were calling law enforcement to see if it works lol. Don't do that people.
Internet Withdrawal
This is why you always have a book & a few episodes of something downloaded! It is wild how fast we all start acting like we're detoxing off hard drugs the minute the internet goes down- myself included.
Tracfone Users Saw It Coming
Some Thought They Forgot To Pay Their Bills
An Unexpected MVP
A New Page Written In Social Media History Books
Leaving The World Behind
The Good Old Days Of Cingular
IT Workers’ Favorite Line
Kris Jenner Would Never Manage At&t
A Gold Mine For Conspiracy Theorists
Flocking To X (Twitter)
There’s No Escaping Zoom Meetings
I have AT&T and was on wifi so I didn’t even notice. I found out later in the day and was like “ooh sucks to have AT&T. Wait… I have AT&T!”
I have AT&T and had no issues and my phone service and it is always connected to my internet and not wifi.
The wireless connection to your home internet is what wifi is.
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I have AT&T and had no issues and my phone service and it is always connected to my internet and not wifi.
The wireless connection to your home internet is what wifi is.
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