Several wireless communications companies across the United States are reporting outages, prompting the Charlottesville Emergency Communications Center to issue the following service alert.
“We are actively monitoring a widespread cellular outage that is reported to be impacting some wireless customers in our service area,” reads the alert. “If you are unable to dial or text 9-1-1 using your wireless phone, please try again with a different device or a landline.”
The website Marketwatch is reporting that AT&T is aware of the issue and is recommending customers enable wi-fi calling if they have access.
Verizon Support reported on the former Twitter that their services are working.
This story and post will be updated to reflect any local changes if any throughout the day.
Here are some national stories to review:
- AT&T customers hit by widespread cellular outages in U.S., NBC News
- AT&T customers report a massive outage, disrupting phone service across America, CNN
- AT&T cellular service outage in United States disrupts vital services, Yahoo Finance
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