https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2024/02/23/att-service-outage-dallas-texas
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good job stank
FCC? They still around? Probably the most irrelevant three letter agencies in DC worshiped by AT&T.
The infrastructure for comms in the US was hacked and disabled.
Getting rid of unneeded workers leads to layoffs.
AT&T's big network fail was a remote work triumph!
The big AT&T network outage was a productivity catastrophe for commuters across the country Thursday, but remote workers were totes fine, Bloomberg reported.
State of play: Without cellular access on their train rides, commuters apparently resorted to reading books — the paper kind! — instead of making calls, checking email, frantically Slacking, etc.
Travel to and from meetings was also disrupted — without Google or Apple Maps guiding the way, people got a bit lost.
"Missed meetings, frustrated clients, staffers left in the dark — the outage sent American workers into a tailspin."
Back at home, remote workers with WiFi continued to blissfully distract themselves (I mean, be productive).
The big picture: The outage was less of an issue once folks were at the office, but underlined how commutes generally drain worker productivity — even when phones are working.
The bottom line: The disruption was also a nice reminder of why work-from-home grew popular in the first place.
Show this to your CEO next time they order folks back to the office.
luckily the official release says it was just a software glitch caused by an upgrade meaning it could be fixed in under 15 minutes RIGHT, just go back to the previous release
If I’m still at the company when it happens, I’ll be so happy when he leaves.
FCC investigation will lead to fines.
Fines lead to loss in revenue and free cash flow.
Loss of revenue and free cash flow leads to more layoffs.
Can you hear me now?