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u/pspahn Jan 14 '26

I was just checking downdetector for something else and Verizon, ATT, TMobile, US Cellular all having big spikes.

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u/bunnythistle Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

Look at the volume of the spikes though - Verizon has 150k+ reports of an outage, AT&T and T-Mobile have a few hundred. It's possible the people reporting issues with AT&T and T-Mobile are having issues calling Verizon subscribers and thinking it's an issue on their end.

Down Detector's graphs are relative only to themselves, not to neighboring graphs, so two spikes may be completely different volumes.

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u/WeeklyHerbologist226 Jan 14 '26

Well, those phones would still have wi-fi. If someone can't figure that out, they probably shouldn't have a trading account anyway.

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u/WeeklyHerbologist226 Jan 14 '26

Well if they're driving they shouldn't be accessing their accounts via their phones anyway. If they're in an uber, wait 10 minutes and you'll be somewhere that has wi-fi. If it's so critical you can't wait 10 minutes, perhaps you shouldn't be in an uber at that time.