AT&T Phone Service Outage Leaves Many States With No Text Messaging – 911 Also Affected

NATIONWIDE. (THECOUNT) — An AT&T outage Tuesday morning is causing havoc with 911 lines across many states and counties in the U.S., and now we have learned that text messaging is also affected.

Many AT&T customers across America chimed in on downdetector voicing their failing texts:

Shana Davis:

In Lawrenceburg, TN. Messages failing. Only ones working are I-messages.

Cherri:

I just got off the phone with ATT, its a network issue across different states.. No ETA as to when it will be resolved.

Cathy Nguyen:

No text messages here in Annandale Virginia

Anna:

I-phone user here – i-message is working just fine but I cannot send texts to an android, but I can receive them from an android……………………Virginia

Nimi:

No texting in St. Louis

Mandy:

No texts in Worcester, Mass

Sabrena:

Outgoing texts aren’t sending. I can receive incoming messages from sprint users. I’ve reset my phone 4 times, went into safe mode, reset the network setting to default, forced stopped the default messaging app and nothings working. (Galaxy 9+ user)

Frank Toms:

I can not send text messages. Already rebooted
Can receive them just like boston

Police in Southlake and Keller DFW say dispatchers are having trouble receiving 911 calls from AT&T customers this morning. AT&T customers in Benzie and Midland Counties are unable to call 911 at the moment because of an outage. AT&T says it’s working to fix the problem. Both counties have provided alternative numbers to call instead.

Others took to Twitter to warn customers of the outage:

Pickens County 911 says that an AT&T service outage is preventing people from making 911 calls. They are aware and the problem is being worked on. Please dial 205-367-9804 if you have an emergency.

VA Statewide Incidents: Colonial heights, Va *911 outage* From the City of Colonial Heights. AT&T is currently experiencing an outage when dialing 911. If you are an AT&T customer and have an emergency, please dial (804) 520-9300 option 7 for immediate assistance.

Winnebago County SO: Our 911 Comm Center received notice that AT&T is experiencing outages with their mobility wireless 911 that may affect calling in.

Dutchess County Emergency Management: AT&T Mobility is experiencing a network service outage impacting the ability to deliver AT&T Mobility wireless 9 1 1 calls in our area.