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AT&T Outage, Why jokerthefool’s recent poll is more than just a question
I appreciate the daily polls jokerthefool posts. Recently, an aptly titled Daily Poll 808 (IYKYK), the question was: Do you use CDs?
Dallas based AT&T has not yet acknowledged, let alone given a reason for why 60,000 of its users experienced an outage this morning. As of this typing, my iPhone still says “SOS” on the top right instead of AT&T and my Pixel 7 Pro says “Emergency Calls Only”. Both showing zero bars of strength.
The fun aspect is that some people were saying this affected 911 services in the wee hours of the morning, though that is not supposed to happen. You were supposed to still be able to make those calls/texts via roaming on other networks, but that was not initially the case. That aspect has started working again.
And to add insult to injury, this also affects the First Responder services that were put in place to work since AT&T won the contract.
I have my issues with AT&T, but they’re not as bad as my issues with T-Mobile and my just general demeanor towards Verizon.
That being said… Who drove to work this morning listening to the radio instead of their streaming services? Who even has a CD Player in their vehicle anymore? I do. I was listening to The Offspring’s Conspiracy of One album. It sounded amazing. And most importantly, it just worked.
How much of your streaming music do you download? How many songs/albums/podcasts/audiobooks/etc do you have access to when you cannot connect to the internet?