Earthquake in Los Angeles takes out AT&T’s network

Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Daniel Ahdout

 

It is not officially official, but the earthquake this morning in the Los Angeles area at around 11:38 am took out AT&T’s wireless network. It could be that the system just shut off as a precaution, or something went terribly wrong due to the earthquake. More likely, the increased amount of calls killed the network, causing the “we’re sorry, your call could not be completed at this time.” It might even be a coincidence that AT&T was planning to take their servers down for testing.  Nobody knows what happened for sure yet, but stay tuned for more information.

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One Response to “Earthquake in Los Angeles takes out AT&T’s network”

  1. Eric, on July 30th, 2008 at 5:30 pm Said:

    ok it wasnt the earthquake that took it out, too many people were making calls that it was impossible to connect, although i was able to make some calls and my edge worked, my mail and other apps

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