Breaking: T-Mobile Network Down Nationwide
Breaking: T-Mobile Network Down Nationwide
Posted 11/03/2009 at 5:51pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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This certainly isn’t the kind of publicity the fourth place cell carrier in the US wants. As of now, the entire nationwide T-Mobile network is down. Complaints began flooding twitter and forums this afternoon from all over the country. Users are reporting that their phones show the expected signal, but no calls or data are available. Curiously, calls routed through Google Voice are working as expected.
When the complaints reached a fever pitch shortly ago, T-Mobile released a statement. “T-Mobile customers may be experiencing service disruptions impacting voice and data. Our rapid response teams have been mobilized to restore service as quickly as possible. We will provide updates as more information is available,” said a T-Mobile representative.
We at MaximumPC have confirmed for ourselves by ringing a few associates on T-Mobile. Sure enough, the angelic voices of our friends and neighbors were replaced by a busy signal every time. This matches reports from elsewhere. Hopefully details will emerge later on the exact cause. If you’re a T-Mobile user, can you confirm you have no service?
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evanwalls
November 04, 2009 at 6:59am
Never missed a beat - PERIOD!!! here in the near north suburbs (North Shore) of Chicago (Northbrook)... what are people talking about?!?!?
snapple00
November 03, 2009 at 10:18pm
I freaked out for a second but then I realized I have huge balls.
gordonb
November 03, 2009 at 10:04pm
Got a text message around 1 pm today, checked voicemail around 3, used the phone around 6 PM and just checked it now at 10 PM. Working fine all around, no issues. I am just south of LAX.
aviaggio
November 03, 2009 at 9:36pm
Voice is working fine here in Vegas, both incoming and outgoing.
sirphunkee
November 03, 2009 at 9:05pm
@ 11:00pm here in Austin, we still have no data (3g or EDGE) or SMS, but voice calls have been going through fine the whole time.
...doesn't make my shiny new Touch Pro 2 any less fun to play with though
tapple
November 03, 2009 at 8:18pm
I didn't loose service at all. I'm in "upstate" NY. Between Albany and NYC.
nsvander
November 03, 2009 at 6:49pm
Here in the OC its back up for me and my friends. I wondered why I had received my usuall 100+ texts messages today while at work. A quick facebook logon let me know. Seems to be up and working for now though.
lorencel
November 03, 2009 at 6:25pm
I freaked out at first but few mins ago i got my signal back :D.
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PC_destroyer
November 03, 2009 at 6:18pm
Yea ever since I got the HTC Hero, all my friends (most of which use T-Mobile) were getting at me for using Sprint. Who's laughing now?
PC_destroyer
November 03, 2009 at 6:13pm
I got a call from a friend earlier about this. Damn, T-Mobile what happened?
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