PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY/AP) – AT&T said its customers once again have wireless service Thursday afternoon following a nationwide outage.
“We have restored wireless access to all our affected customers,” according to a media statement from AT&T just before 4 p.m. “We sincerely apologize to them. Keeping our customers connected remains our top priority, and we are taking steps to ensure our customers do not experience this again in the future.”
AT&T said it did not expect further updates on the nationwide outage.
Service for customers was reported down around 3:30 a.m. According to the site downdetector.com , the outages peaked at around 73,000 reported incidents.
AT&T, which is the nation’s largest carrier with more than 240 million subscribers, released the following statement earlier Thursday about the outage:
“Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning. We are working urgently to restore service to them. We encourage the use of Wi-Fi calling until service is restored.”