Fri
Dec 25 2020
10:53 pm
By: BoB W.
Having trouble with AT&T landline all day. Called out OK, but no one could call in. Just now got a human on the line. Their story was that the bombing of their building in Nashville took down phones from all across southeastern US.
(link...)
My theory - terrorists were testing to see how many bombs it would take to disable the entire US. Why Christmas day? I think that the major terrorist groups DO NOT like Christians. OK, let's hit 'em when it hurts the most - Christmas! Stay tuned - more later...
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More than one?
What leads you to think this wasn't a lone wolf?
T-mobile/ Verizon has been out all day.
(in reply to fischbobber)
Sometimes I can make calls through the AT&T network, sometimes not. No internet at all
I'm grateful bubba keeps this site lo-fi so I can connected through an old trac phone 1g.
Pretty worried this morning that hackers had disabled the internet.
Purpose
It may take a day or two to discover the purpose versus the realities of this attack. Regardless, it's not good.