If you’re an AT&T customer, you’ve likely been affected by the widespread cell outage that left users across the US unable to place calls, text, or access the Internet.
Though the company provided no official reason for the outage, the issue appears to be related to how cellular services hand off calls from one network to the next, a process known as peering, according to CNN.
While Verizon and T-Mobile customers also reported some network outages, they appeared to be less widespread.
The issue began Thursday (February 22) morning. Roughly 11 hours after reports of the outage first emerged, AT&T informed that it had restored service to all affected customers and “sincerely apologized” for the inconvenience.
The company also added that it’s “taking steps to ensure our customers do not experience this again in the future.”
Below, Bored Panda presents 32 memes that creatively capture people's reactions to the situation, ranging from despair to humor.
#1 Y2K Flashbacks
Ok millennials, we’ve been training for this for 25 years. You know what to do.#Y2K #attoutage #outage #leavetheworldbehind pic.twitter.com/Ee20imi9cr
— The Problem (@prob1984) February 22, 2024
#2 Verizon Customers Looking Down At The Peasantry
Image credits: Emergency_Lettuce759
#3 Cast Away
Image credits: SmlTwnBro
#4 Boomers Had A Plan All Along
All the boomers with land line phones this morning. 15 years in the making for them. #ATTdown #outage pic.twitter.com/cYPm8Do3HV
— Tim Dougherty (@Tim_D88) February 22, 2024
#5 Service Credit
People’s reaction when AT&T asks them if a $10 service credit is enough. #outage #ATTdown #CyberAttack #sosmode pic.twitter.com/Sx8uS6TfZk
— steve (@stevetapernacle) February 22, 2024
#6 Six Hours Can Be A Long Time Not To See Insta Stories
ATT still isn’t working like 6 hours later????? pic.twitter.com/s3bF46kLjQ
— Angela (@angelamaay) February 22, 2024
#7 A Baseball Teams Joins In On The Fun
Image credits: TheChicagoDogs
#8 An Unexpected MVP
Metro PCS after not being apart of the problem 😭 #outage pic.twitter.com/yliBJbMsRK
— ً (@_Xins) February 22, 2024
#9 Going Back In Time To The 90s
Me trying to get in touch with @ATT this morning to see how this will reflect on my bill #CyberAttack pic.twitter.com/AqrFOO7wIf
— benji (@benji0rdie) February 22, 2024
#10 No Internet = End Of The World
How it felt checking Twitter this morning #noservice #att #myiphone pic.twitter.com/CXBZeRaWM1
— Rach |-/ (@variantpolarize) February 22, 2024
#11 Verizon Girlies
Image credits: notcapnamerica
#12 There’s Always A Fitting Scene From The Office
iPhone users stuck in SOS mode waking up like… #outage pic.twitter.com/FN3AkIZiTb
— chrissy paradis (@chrissyparadis) February 22, 2024
#13 A New Page Written In Social Media History Books
What was it like the day of the Verizon At&t and T-mobile all having a nationwide outage #outage pic.twitter.com/y1ejKsHMrz
— Pizza Dad (@Pizza__Dad) February 22, 2024
#14 Completely Clueless
Image credits: _bigbam_
#15 Scrolling Down Your Social Media Feed As The World Burns
Me with Verizon while everyone on my timeline with AT&T is losing their freaking minds. #outage pic.twitter.com/7GKuTUrEUx
— Kayla Braxton (@KaylaBraxtonWWE) February 22, 2024
#16 Internet Withdrawal
Me sitting at home on WiFi and watching people melt down with internet withdrawal due to the AT&T #outage pic.twitter.com/nwttdQokGo
— efitz (@m0ralh4zard) February 22, 2024
#17 Kris Jenner Would Never Manage At&t
Image credits: holapossito
#18 Leaving The World Behind
Image credits: QueenBrie7
#19 Not An Expert
Image credits: kwprime
#20 Duolingo Strikes Again
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#21 Tracfone Users Saw It Coming
I use Tracfone😏. Me watching everyone complain about att being down pic.twitter.com/EVxXFq2Vim
— Michael (@megoing) February 22, 2024
#22 Do You Have AT&T?
Image credits: unflappedyedi
#23 AT&T Users Right Now:
Image credits: stevemilk
#24 Some Thought They Forgot To Pay Their Bills
Everyone with #ATT waking up this morning and trying to remember if they paid their bill this month #outage #ATTdown #attoutage pic.twitter.com/elFmtdvUUa
— SUGARBOMB (@REALSUGARB0MB) February 22, 2024
#25 The Good Old Days Of Cingular
Image credits: mCase513
#26 Confused Screaming
Image credits: Stolenmemesrus
#27 Final Texts
Me after sending my final texts and leaving my WIFI riddled home to run errands on ATT’s “America’s Oregon Trail provider” wireless network. #ATT #ATTdown #attoutage pic.twitter.com/ib8tpBTgAX
— Kristy Mullican (@kristy_dots) February 22, 2024
#28 IT Workers’ Favorite Line
Hey, @att did you try unplugging it, waiting 10 seconds and plugging it back in yet? #noservice pic.twitter.com/D1MZKhwFFo
— Caroline 🐀 (@o_line) February 22, 2024
#29 A Gold Mine For Conspiracy Theorists
T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon, AT&T all reporting nationwide outages the conspiracy theorists be like… pic.twitter.com/jBq9Z2yylS
— Meme Kingdom (@MemeKINGD0M) February 22, 2024
#30 A Celebration After The Tragedy
Image credits: matt1775725420
#31 Flocking To X (Twitter)
Americans are flocking to Twitter to find out why AT&T is experiencing an outage. #outage pic.twitter.com/z1T7MbXb5g
— 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗲 💗 (@lisagreeneusa) February 22, 2024
#32 There’s No Escaping Zoom Meetings
T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon, AT&T all reporting nationwide outages...but I still have to hop on this Zoom meeting at 9 a.m. pic.twitter.com/6XTb9xiVqS
— Ryan Boger (@rboger12) February 22, 2024
