>>> WELL, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HAPPY YOU'RE WITH US ON THIS
THURSDAY MORNING.
>> WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS
RIGHT AT THE TOP AND A LOT OF
AMERICANS ARE FEELING IT RIGHT
NOW.
IF YOU'VE HAD SOME TROUBLE USING
YOUR CELL PHONE THIS MORNING,
IT'S NOT JUST YOU.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
>> MAJOR CARRIERS HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING WIDESPREAD OUTAGES
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THOUGH
AT AN
AT&T IS THE MOST AFFECTED
OVERNIGHT, USERS ARE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA AND THEY'RE SAYING THEIR
CELL SERVICE WAS DOWN, THEY WERE
UNABLE TO MAKE OR RECEIVE CALLS,
MANY ARE SAYING TEXTS APPEAR TO
BE WORKING JUST FINE.
WE'LL TRY TO SORT ALL OF THIS
OUT WITH NBC'S BRIAN CHEUNG.
GOOD MORNING, BRIAN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
PRETTY ALARMING ISSUES HERE,
NATIONWIDE, WHEN IT COMES TO
CELL PHONE OUTAGES.
IT'S HAPPENING AT THREE MAJOR
CARRIERS, VERIZON, AT&T, AND
ALSO T-MOBILE.
AT&T APPEARS TO BE THE MOST
AFFECTED WITH ABOUT 30,000
OUTAGES.
IT WENT DOWN SKAND SPIKED BACK ,
ALARMLY.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN ISSUES AROUND
1,000 AT VERIZON AND T-MOBILE.
AT&T OUTAGES DID DIP, BUT WE'LL
SEE WHETHER OR NOT AFTER THEY'VE
SPIKED AGAIN, CAN THEY REALLY
RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES.
SOME OF THE MOST AFFECTED AREAS
SO FAR INCLUDE SAN FRANCISCO,
LOS ANGELES, HOUSTON, ATLANTA,
SO IT'S HAPPENING IN MANY
POCKETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> MAJOR CITIES.
>> AND THERE HAVE BEEN ALARMING
REPORTS FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO
FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY CAN'T
GET 911 CALLS.
SO THIS IS REALLY IMPACTING SOME
EMERGENCY SERVICES.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASON IS
FOR THE OUTAGE.
THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS SAYING IN SOME
CASES, YOU SHOULD TRY TO USE A
LANDLINE, AND WE'VE REACHED OUT
TO ALL OF THE COMPANIES FOR
COMMENT.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK SINCE.
>> WHAT'S INTERESTING, IT'S MORE
THAN ONE CARRIER.
SO, THERE'S A RANGE OF
POSSIBILITIES, I SUPPOSE, AND WE
JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
HERE.
>> RIGHT.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
HACKING RELATED, SOMETHING THAT
COULD BE WEATHER RELATED,
SATELLITE RELATED, WE DON'T KNOW
AT THE MOMENT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE
INFORMATION, BUT WE HAVE NOT
HEARD BACK.
>> BUT BIG CITIES IS WHERE
YOU'RE GETTING THE MOST REPORTS
FROM.
>> EVEN ANECDOTALLY, WE'VE HEARD
SOME OF OUR OWN COLLEAGUES
HAVING ISSUES REACHING SOME OF
US BY CELL PHONE.
BUT THIS IS HAPPENING, IT'S
STILL HAPPENING.
WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW --
>> INTERESTING THAT IT'S
NATIONWIDE.
THERE'S NOT ONE REGION AFFECTED.
>> AND NOTHING FROM THE
CARRIERS.
THEY HAVEN'T MADE ANY COMMENT AS
TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> THEY HAVE NOT, NO.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING OF ISSUES IN
SOUTH CAROLINA, IN NEW YORK CITY
AS WELL.
AGAIN, IT SEEMED LIKE AT&T WAS