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AT&T Data Outage in California? Is Your iPhone Offline?

By , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:44 pm
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TiPb is getting reports of an AT&T data network outage in California. If you're having trouble connecting to EDGE/3G with your iPhone, let us know where and when in the comments, and if it comes back up, let us know that as well.

[Thanks to Luke for the tip]

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  1. Chris says:

    i'm currently on edge. location hayward,ca.

  2. Fassy says:

    OK in Northern San Diego

  3. Dave says:

    Currently in san Mateo....Edge only, sometimes fluctuates to "No Service"

  4. N says:

    Norcal is down.

  5. AC5 says:

    Los Angeles Ca. I'm good here. No problems at all.

  6. Larry says:

    Fountain Valley... Good 2 Go

  7. Mr.Man says:

    Sacramento Ca okie dokie here where u at N?

  8. Andrew says:

    I am good in Riverside

  9. dkb says:

    North Sacramento valley fine.

  10. Andy C says:

    Mountain View, CA has Edge only

  11. attathomeguy says:

    Walnut Creek EDGE only

  12. redevincali says:

    Concord, CA Edge only.

  13. VJ says:

    3G in Eastern San Diego.

  14. Chris says:

    San Ramon,ca on edge

  15. AC says:

    Redwood City, CA has EDGE, and very spotty at best.

  16. scottb says:

    LA/Santa Monica, OK.

  17. Lawrence says:

    Bakersfield, CA - good here

  18. Patrick says:

    Pleasant Hill, CA on Edge only since around 10am.

  19. pdparticle says:

    San Jose,CA full bar edge.no sign of 3G today D:

  20. soco_jon says:

    Seems like AT&T has that a lot. I'm not having any problems on Verizon :)

  21. jtarrio says:

    San Jose, CA is good on 3G

  22. Sandy says:

    Going between Edge and no nothing at all in Los Altos, CA

  23. Neo says:

    Whittier, CA. - ok

  24. Corrina says:

    I'm in Fresno right now and have a strong 3G signal.

  25. Daryl says:

    Escondido, ca is a ok as well

  26. Felix says:

    No 3G in San Francisco, Calls dropping. Ironically more iPhone users are having the issue. I only Edge/ No service all day long.

  27. JimmyD says:

    I'm in SF. I called and asked if there was an issue. I was told yes. I was also credited $30 to my account. I said that was great but not necessary, I only called to see if there was a problem, and she said she was sorry I was not happy and to not worry about the full, one month data credit. They may not be perfect but I've never had bad service since I went iPhone!

  28. Shelli says:

    No 3G service in Palo Alto/Stanford all day so far. Edge only and sometimes "no service."

  29. JimmyD says:

    PS: I also suggested that in the future they send a text to all 3G customers so they are aware of a known issue. I'm not holding my breath but she thought that was a good idea.

  30. Bill Taroli says:

    3:44pm, in what timezone? It's 14:24PDT here in the SF bay area and data has been working fine all day.

  31. Alan says:

    I'm in San Rafael and on EDGE right now, I've always gotten 3G here though so guess something is up.

  32. South OC (San Clemente) all good today

  33. kyle crichton says:

    OK in Santa Monica

  34. SB says:

    It's 2:30 PDT in Hayward, CA EDGE all day since around 10 am.

  35. Thomas says:

    i live in tulsa,oklahoma and my iphone was down for 2 hours today!

  36. TDB says:

    Lost 3G about 9:30 this morning in SF/Daly City area. Nothing but Edge from then on.

  37. Jeremy says:

    Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Agoura CA ( North LA county / Southern Ventura County ) all on 3G, might be a tad slower than normal though.

  38. Dan says:

    Livin' on the Edge here in South San Francisco, and have been since this morning

  39. James says:

    In Sunnyvale, CA and the service is up with full 3G. I think the outage is just north of me. I am heading north to SF after work and will check the signal on the way home. Good thing I ride with another person so I won't have to drive and play with my iPhone at the same time. LOL. I want the $30 service credit and AT&T to get the issue resolved ASAP. Nothing like a working iPhone.

  40. max says:

    its down in san francisco

  41. Steph says:

    can only connect on EDGE in Novato (North bay) California

  42. max says:

    only on edge

  43. Eric says:

    Eastern Cupertino, CA edge only at the moment

  44. llofte says:

    I'm in Salinas, CA. Both EDGE and 3G are working fine.

  45. pj says:

    SF - phone stop working this morning at around 10:00 AM PDT. No outgoing or incoming calls. Called ATT they got my phone back up but told me that 3G is down in several spots in Northern Cali including some places in SF. This is also what knocked my phone service off line all together. I have only been able to use edge since.

  46. Jroxx says:

    I'm in Beverly hills California EDGE & 3G working good

  47. J Doss says:

    Bakersfield is running strong.

  48. Eric says:

    Didn't notice on my iPhone (San Diego area). But then I've been busy at work.

    Still, "In California" is kind of like saying "I ate schitzel in Germany." CA is a big place.

  49. PsychBob says:

    San Rafael: Edge only til midday, now NOTHING. Snagging some wifi now...urg.

  50. Tyson says:

    It was out the entire 101 corridor from San Rafael to Santa Rosa between 11:30 and at least 2 today

  51. stringbeanie says:

    No problems in Dana Point.

  52. lily says:

    San Francisco. No 3g and very spotty Edge. My phone's been acting up since Saturday. I practically had no data on Sunday.

  53. jumpman73 says:

    On 3G and working as good as usual in San Diego.

  54. Justin says:

    Everything is fine in Sacramento

  55. Ken says:

    Redwood City, Edge only, that too very spotty. No service at most times today.

  56. xtal methodist says:

    No 3G in Menlo Park (NorCal) since I first looked at 7:45 am.

  57. M says:

    Edge only in San Ramon/Pleasanton since 10am this morning

  58. rwmeadejr says:

    Fairfield, CA everything is working great.

  59. Carol says:

    Is this affecting text messages, too?

  60. Russ says:

    ATT confirmed 3G outage in NorCal + Reno.

    Request a credit and they"ll give you $10...

  61. Quaid says:

    Orange County, CA all set

  62. Mac says:

    All good here on 3G in Downtown San Jose, CA

  63. Junkboxjayy says:

    Ventura CA fine 3G all the way

  64. Dude says:

    Edge only from Pacifica south to Belmont today -- sf bay peninsula. Sometimes no service at all

  65. Jeff says:

    Only in edge in downtown mountain view all day so far!! Can barly reach anything on edge either

  66. pommi says:

    Redwood City: 3G is out, Edge very slow, Voice has no issues AFAIK tell

  67. Ron says:

    I'm in Mountain View, CA and first noticed it this morning around 9:30am PDT when both voice and data were not working. I called it in around 9:45am and there was no word on their end that they were having issues. About 30-45mins later voice was working but both my iphone and an end users blackberry were bouncing back and forth between Edge and 3G. Now at 3:25pm we're still on the Edge for data. Phone calls seem to be working both incoming and outgoing. Visual voicemail is hit or miss at this point.

  68. tmazon says:

    Chico (way norcal), still on 3G with 4 bars.

  69. pommi says:

    Just talked to AT&T; they CONFIRMED an outage for SAC, Reno, SF, since 9:33am. No estimated uptime.

  70. Dionte says:

    i'm so tired of dropped calls

  71. CJ says:

    I was stuck on edge for 2 hours then "no service" for a while. Back up now.

  72. Bill says:

    3G five bars. Auburn ca

  73. AJ says:

    Stanford, CA: On Edge, No 3G since morning.

  74. Was on Edge all day here in Pleasanton, CA. Just checked and now at nearly 4:00 PM (California time) 3G is back.

  75. Mike says:

    No 3G in Foster City all day. Sometimes no service as well

  76. Jaye says:

    Concord, CA and I'm on Edge. No 3g all day

  77. Frank t says:

    East san Francisco bay area is working fine for me on 3g

  78. Scott says:

    10:30 this morning it was down in OAK and ally drive to San Mateo. Seems to be fine in San Jose.

  79. Jaye says:

    Well thats interesting, 2 minutes after i posted on here about it it came back on

    Concord, CA back on 3g

  80. Gregg says:

    My girlfriend lives in Reno and I just got off a 3 hours phone call with her.. I live in Fairfleid Ca. Everything is good in both places. and @soco_john, Verizon doesnt have 14 million iPhones on their network.

  81. Sandy says:

    3G is back here in Los Altos as well.

  82. pommi says:

    3g back on in Redwood Shores. Glad I called in early enough to get the credit

  83. Carl says:

    3G out in Mountain View. Fluctuates between Edge and no data service.

  84. Gary says:

    Hercules Ca - no 3G weak EDGE for last 2 hrs

  85. dwj says:

    Shitty service throughout San Francisco and down the caltrain line to Redwood City for the past month. Today is just a little extra gift from AT&T.

  86. Jin says:

    3G back in Los Altos.

  87. Ron says:

    3G seems to be back on (4:17pm PDT)in Mountain View however phone calls are failing and sounding poor.

  88. Michael says:

    I live outside of Houston, Texas. I was looking at my account on my iPhone and noticed there was a message that they were having issues in my area. About 2 minutes after that I lost all coverage for about 5 minutes.

  89. Ron says:

    Just called AT&T @ 4:30pm(PDT) and they said that there is an outage in S.F. & Reno and that they are updating the following ticket every 45 mins: TT00011288524

  90. dwj says:

    For those responding with "3G in on": can you get data?

    I've been in quite a few situations lately where my phone has 5 bars of 3G but cannot get data (checking multiple websites).

  91. J says:

    3G back in Millbrae, CA area. I called ATT and requested a credit, and received $25 credit (be sincere). Internet is either normal or super laggy.

  92. Phil Wheeler says:

    EDGE only in Santa Rosa after about 10am Today (Tues 8/4)

  93. Jojo10040 says:

    3G is fine over here in the San Fernando Valley =]

  94. Brad says:

    I've been on 3g all day and no problems. Corona, CA (Riverside County)

  95. pommi says:

    well, that was short-lived ... back to Edge at 5:15pm

  96. MattBocchino says:

    Fine here!

  97. SB says:

    Just off the phone with ATT customer rep and she acknowledged degraded service in NorCal and offered me $53 credit. She said the service will be back by noon tomorrow. For $50 I can live with it :)

  98. siva says:

    LB Good Going.....:)

  99. FH says:

    nope i asked for credit they said no

  100. Mitchell says:

    I was in Cupertino today. Apple's own turf and I had absolutely no service sitting right in their parking lot.

    Everything is good now though.

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