US suffered a major network outage of AT&T.

Both cellular service and internet were down as reported by Downdetector.

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Downdetector service is powered by Ookla, which provides speed and performance reports.

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More than 32,000 AT&T outages were reported across the US at around 4 a.m. ET.

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Most of the outages were reported in Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.

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The root cause is still under investigation.

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However some common causes could be due to the cut of fiber optic cables and software configurations.

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Some say that the outage could be due to human errors.

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By Thursday morning around 75% network was restored.

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By Thursday morning around 75% network was restored.

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Along with AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile also reported similar network outages.

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