{"id":26442,"date":"2020-06-17T00:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2601386"},"modified":"2020-06-17T00:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T00:26:00","slug":"major-u-s-carriers-go-down-on-monday-afternoon-update-blame-it-on-t-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/17\/major-u-s-carriers-go-down-on-monday-afternoon-update-blame-it-on-t-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Major U.S. carriers go down on Monday afternoon (UPDATE: Blame it on T-Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4126-logo-1-564.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/article\/125340-two_lead\/Major-U.S.-carriers-go-down-on-Monday-afternoon-UPDATE-Blame-it-on-T-Mobile.jpg\" alt=\"Major U.S. carriers go down on Monday afternoon (UPDATE: Blame it on T-Mobile)\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you live in the U.S. and are having problems making a call in New York City, Miami, L.A., Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, and Chicago, you aren&#8217;t alone.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">According to Down Detector<\/a>, all four major U.S. carriers (including T-Mobile-owned&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/sprint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sprint<\/a>) are experiencing issues. From 12:30pm EDT to 3:49 pm EDT, the number of complaints received by Down Detector about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/verizon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verizon<\/a>&nbsp;rose from 120 to nearly 8,400. 74% complained about losing cellphone connectivity, 18% said that they could not access the mobile internet and 7% were unable to use a landline internet connection.<\/p>\n<div>UPDATE:&nbsp;It now appears that problems with T-Mobile&#8217;s network was responsible for the outage that affected all major U.S. carriers on Monday afternoon. As of 11:40pm EDT Monday evening, service has been restored in many (but not all of) T-Mobile&#8217;s markets.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>UPDATE 2:&nbsp;Neville Ray, T-Mobile&#8217;s President of Technology said, &#8220;Voice and text services are now restored. Thank you for your patience as we fixed the issues. We sincerely apologize for any and all inconveniences.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/361109-thumb\/down-a.jpg\" alt=\"Several wireless providers are having connectivity issues today in major U.S. cities - Major U.S. carriers go down on Monday afternoon (UPDATE: Blame it on T-Mobile)\" width=\"599\" height=\"276\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Misery loves company and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/t-mobile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T-Mobile<\/a>&nbsp;subscribers reporting an issue on Down Detector rose from 30 at 12:15 pm EDT to 107,502 at 3 pm EDT. 77% of those checking in with Down Detector said that they could not make a phone call with their T-Mobile phone and 22% could not use the mobile internet.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-4259a844-36c6-45ab-8797-10b0db56941a\" class=\"full-width-element-xs s_media main-image-group full-width-element\">\n<div class=\"image-group col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"image-item col-xs-12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/361110-image\/down-b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/361110-thumb\/down-b.jpg\" alt=\"Verizon subscribers are having problems connecting to the carrier&#039;s network this afternoon - Major U.S. carriers go down on Monday afternoon (UPDATE: Blame it on T-Mobile)\" width=\"598\" height=\"250\" data-id=\"361110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">Verizon subscribers are having problems connecting to the carrier&#8217;s network this afternoon<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Other wireless firms like Metro by T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Comcast, Straight Talk, Walmart Family Mobile, and Tracfone also are having problems. Interestingly, while AT&amp;T subscribers were posting on social media about the lack of service, an AT&amp;T spokesman said that it was operating normally. A Verizon spokesman stated that it was &#8220;operating at normal service levels.&#8221; T-Mobile&#8217;s president of technology Neville Ray commented in a tweet, &#8220;Our engineers are working to resolve a voice and data issue that has been affecting customers around the country.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/major-us-carriers-go-down_id125340\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/major-us-carriers-go-down_id125340<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Alan Friedman<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Alan Friedman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4126-logo-1-564.png\" alt=\"\">If you live in the U.S. and are having problems making a call in New York City, Miami, L.A., Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, and Chicago, you aren&rsquo;t alone.&nbsp;According to Down Detector, all four major U.S. carriers (including T-Mobile-owned&nbsp;Sprint) are experiencing issues. From 12:30pm EDT to 3:49 pm EDT, the number of complaints received by Down &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/16\/major-u-s-carriers-go-down-on-monday-afternoon-update-blame-it-on-t-mobile\/\">Continue reading <span>Major U.S. carriers go down on Monday afternoon (UPDATE: Blame it on T-Mobile)<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/17\/major-u-s-carriers-go-down-on-monday-afternoon-update-blame-it-on-t-mobile\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Major U.S. carriers go down on Monday afternoon (UPDATE: Blame it on T-Mobile) - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/17\/major-u-s-carriers-go-down-on-monday-afternoon-update-blame-it-on-t-mobile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major U.S. carriers go down on Monday afternoon (UPDATE: Blame it on T-Mobile) - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you live in the U.S. and are having problems making a call in New York City, Miami, L.A., Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, and Chicago, you aren&rsquo;t alone.&nbsp;According to Down Detector, all four major U.S. carriers (including T-Mobile-owned&nbsp;Sprint) are experiencing issues. 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