Is AT&T down for you?
By Nilay Patel 
posted Dec 28th 2008 3:17PM
posted Dec 28th 2008 3:17PM
We're getting way too many tips on AT&T being down for it to be a coincidence -- how's it going for you? Both EDGE and 3G are pretty spotty for us at the moment in Illinois, but they're working in NYC, which jibes with reports of a Midwest-specific outage, but we're also hearing there are troubles nationwide. We've pinged AT&T for an official statement, but in the meantime let us know if things are working for you wherever you are.Update: Still haven't heard from AT&T, but we just rolled back into Chicago at 5PM CST and we can't connect on either EDGE or 3G. Let's hope things get better, and soon.
Update 2: According to AT&T, a power failure in Bloomfield, Michigan is the culprit, and techs are working around the clock to get everything back up in the Midwest. We're told rebooting phones may help -- it didn't do anything for us, but it might be worth a shot.
Update 3: It's back up, at least in Chicago. How'd everyone spend their day off-grid? We mostly threw the sad face at our NO SERVICE display.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Im in seattle, my 3g was down a good portion of yesterday. actually almost all day but about the last three hours, today so far fine on this end of the us
Edge wouldn't work earlier but works fine now. I'm in Pittsburgh.
3g has full bars in Ellicott City, Maryland
AT&T is definatley down for me here en Sweden.
AT&T is da devil!
West burbs of chicago here...down since 11...came up for about 5 min at 2:45, and now down again...no service at all!!!!
Down on an iPhone 3G just north of Chicago, but oddly up on a first gen iPhone in the same place.
@Jim
Same location here, but EDGE works fine for me.
Working fine in southern Wisconsin
Full bars 3G and all working fine here in Columbus, OHIO - was just in BFE (aka Rio Grande, Ohio) about 2 hours ago, and was working there as well.
Fine yesterday, fine today in chilly Cali! Hopefully it's back up for everyone soon.
3G works fine for me on my iPhone in Raleigh, NC.
"Arkenklo @ Dec 28th 2008 3:44PM
AT&T is definatley down for me here en Sweden."
Strange -- I didn't realize ATT was even in Sweden.
Now -- service still working in SW Indiana. I suspect that storm system last yesterday afternoon evening that roared across the midwest knocked out a lot of towers.
Level 3 was having issues early, could be related.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/28/the-tubes-are-clogged/
verizon is fine. @ earth, solar system
It looks like it is ONLY ATT's Edge network and not the 3G network (iPhone uses this network). My wife and son have an ATT phone which is Edge only (small E icon) and they have no service. I have an ATT phone with 3G and I have service as normal. I am in central Michigan.
Detroit metro area. System down all day, so far. As typical, very poor ATT notification or support.
No AT&T in Belgium!
Western Suburbs of Chicago are down and out 2G and 3G. The Apple rep told me they are hearing it all around the country and AT&T has a trouble ticket open with a time to resole of 72 hours.
I'm in Seattle and I haven't had any trouble with 3G or anything.
AT&T working fine here in Atlanta GA for me.
Phoenix AZ @ the moment having full bars on iPhone 1st gen, however Camp Verde/Flagstaff area on Christmas and Christmas eve calls kept on disconnecting.
Mine wouldn't work here in Iowa earlier today for a good solid couple hours. And 3G was acting up in Des Moines. Freakin AT&T.
No problems in Orlando Florida
havn't had any problems in northern virginia.
@ Arkenklo,
Yep, down for me in the UK as well :P
I have FULL BARS of 3G in the North Suburbs of Chicago....just tested opening a website and it worked, but it was pretty slow...
@ppcjunky
"Strange -- I didn't realize ATT was even in Sweden."
Um, he was joking..
@ ppcjunky
No, that's The Point. They're not.
I think its silly that it was down all day, and i had to read about it here. nothing, and i mean nothing from att, customer service closed on sundays? stupid.
Cincinnati, OH is down. Can't receive texts or calls, but sending is working.
Let's change to Sprint/Nextel
full bars with 3G in pa.
Works for me in Atlanta just fine.
Same for me...stuck at the airport, but at least I have internet!
Good for me in the Atlanta 'burbs as well ...
EDGE is working for me in Milwaukee.
no service in racine wi
No service in New London, WI either since about noon.
In Milwaukee, WI.
Edge is working fine.
When it bounces to 3G, it has one bar to nothing.
3G was screwed yesterday though, and the internet isn't
working for me anymore as of a few hours ago.
No service in Milwaukee with both of the iPhone 3Gs in the house. SIM card in old RAZR works, however, only one of the SIMS.
I couldn't receive calls this morning - I'm on 3G here in West Allis (Milwaukee sub for those of you not in the area). The funny thing is that making calls worked fine, sending/receiving texts and data worked fine. Called support, dude had me remove my battery/sim, then he reset the account and I was finally able to receive calls 2 hours later. Apparently they've been having issues all day, and supposedly the entire state of Michigan was down.
Oh and the gf was having the same issue (now fixed after the reset), but she's on edge with her bb curve.
Seems fine in Madison.
full bars with 3G in nj near nyc
AT&T, More bars in more places.. At least for me in NYC
great for me in Waverly Ohio
Earlier today I couldn't access the App store/ the internet on my iphone....but now all is good here in Baltimore. I think
Att down here in detroit. All day! This is nuts. I suspect high winds attributed to the problem. Never had this problem before with the service.
Working just fine in Boston, 3G @ normal levels.
It's working fine for me in Atlanta.
No Problems in Va Beach, VA
im in chicago i had no 3g on my iphone for about 45 mins.....very wierd...
In chicago as well,
3G is non existent. Only working on EDGE.
No service at all in Naperville on Sunday
Joliet (45 mins south of Chicago) full bars, 3G and Edge working perfectly fine for me all day.
In Chicago and have no service (edge or 3G) for about the past 4 hours. Came back for about 5 minutes, then back out.
no service out in Yorkville at the moment... well its in and out, mostly out
In Elgin, edge is working but 3G is down. Can't receive phone calls either.
..no joy in Chicago @ 1743 CST...
full bars + 3g in chicago.
was on and off yesterday, though.
3G is working fine in Boston.
Also just sent a text and that went through, so whatever that uses is also fine.
edge alright here, southwest michigan
All service including activation down in North Hollywood, CA
just flew in from Minnesota, where it didnt work, and all they had was boingo
works in Arkansas and philly though
Was totally offline for about an hour in Chicago, now I have voice, but no data (3g or edge).
Whee!
Works form me!
Posted from my iPhone 3G outside of St. Louis, MO.
No cell service in Detroit area. Texting still works
Please tell me why this is news? Is it that slow of a news day that you must report on network outages? I really don't understand. You may as well be reporting on the amount of clouds you can count from your window...then poll people about it! hoorah!
probably because they have a large reader base using iPhones on the Att network?
Likely because it's a rather large outage covering a wide area and affecting many people.
Alex,
When was the last time your cell phone service just completely stopped working where it was before, I have never seen this before, so its not just a typical outage.
Why? Because this is not just a local issue. My understand entire areas of the mid-west are down.
I'm an hour's drive north of Detroit and I've had no 3G or voice service all day. Text messages are still coming through, though.
Everything is working fine here in Presidio, TX. (EDGE and Calling)
Works fine in los angeles
We are down in Des Moines, all day Sunday
All's well here in Utah.
In Chicago metro, haven't seen a stitch of 3G since I upgraded to iPhone 3g yesterday.. In other news my friends iphone has been giving some error messages to callers despite full signal strength
service is out in SE Michigan, no connection at all
In Iowa City, Iowa, and have analog GSM, but no data, no edge, and we don't have 3g anyway.
Anyone in Tampa know how their service is? I'm flying down there tomorrow and really would like to know if I have to sign up for a new carrier, cause I'm not traveling without a working phone.
Tampa's fine, 3G & edge full bars
I haven't had a noticeable outage of 3G, but I've had really awful coverage while visiting family in Chicago. This is the first time it's ever been bad out here - usually AT&T kicks trash compared to other carriers in the area, but I'm struggling to keep my signal up.
Both 3G and EDGE was out earlier this morning (10/11-ish) for me. They are both returned at about 1.
Cincinnati, OH Area.
3G seems a bit faster! I don't know if I am just seeing what I want to see though...
Sorry about my typo....
*They both returned at about 1.
Dam* multitasking.... Was installing Vista while writing that....
I can confirm that also.
The connections have been crap lately in Cincinnati. its the global warming
Surfing and Talking in Philadelphia – I've got five bars, and 3G confirmed.
Looking good down here in Dallas.
full bars in Minneapolis but zero ability to connect to network data (I couldn't connect to any websites) and that's on 3G
3G works here in Dallas
3G all day... Long Island, NY
Down since this morning in Omaha NE
No service in Madison, WI. It had come back for a little while, but now I have no voice or data again.
No service for quite a while now in Madison, WI as well.
Full 3g bars here in williamsburg virginia
Quakertown Pennsylvania and my 3G has not gone down at all on my bold.
in Detroit MI
AT&T DOWN!!! since about this noon
I've been without service since about 11:30am. Randomly had service once for about 2 minutes around 1:30pm but nothing since then.
I'm in the metro Detroit area, where I don't have power either currently.
Edge with full bars in Indianapolis, IN.
full bars 3g @ northern virginia