Update, 9:20 p.m. PT: T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert issued an update Monday evening. “This is an IP traffic related issue that has created significant capacity issues in the network core throughout the day,” he wrote in a blog post. Sievert said it may be “several hours” before calling and texting is fully recovered.
Original story: T-Mobile is dealing with a “widespread routing issue” affecting voice and text service across the U.S.
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Customers began reporting issues earlier Monday morning, TechCrunch reported, which noted that there is no evidence of a cyberattack.
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T-Mobile, the nation’s third-largest carrier, recently completed its $26 billion merger with Sprint. Here’s a statement from T-Mobile President of Technology Neville Ray:
https://twitter.com/NevilleRay/status/1272650750665953280
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai commented:
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Twitter users had fun with news of the outage:
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