- Dates
- 2010-07-17 – 2010-07-23
- Kind
- Service_outage
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationinfrastructureemergency-management
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island AT&T subscribers reported a severe cellular outage beginning in mid-July 2010. Forum posts describe intermittent service, emergency calls being the only reliable calls for some users, a provider case number, and credits or complaint calls. Later posts suggest service returned by July 23.
Evidence limits
This is a documented subscriber report, not a carrier incident report. The archive does not establish the exact geographic scope, total subscribers affected, root cause, or a definitive restoration time.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Beaver Island Forum, “AT&T Outage ......Again and again and again and again!!!,” August 11–20, 2010.Multiple subscribers reported repeated August cellular outages, provider calls and credits, and complaints submitted to the Michigan Public Service Commission. A PSC reply preserved in the thread said cellular service was outside the Commission's jurisdiction but that complaints would be forwarded to the carrier. This documents the customer experience and escalation attempt, not a carrier-confirmed cause or outage count.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002656
- Subscribers report an AT&T case number, emergency-call-only or intermittent service, credits, and a provider-described critical outage; later posts suggest service returned, but the archive contains no carrier incident report or definitive restoration notice.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002579
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island subscribers report a severe AT&T cellular outage, July 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-att-cellular-outage-july-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “AT&T Outage ......Again and again and again and again!!!,” August 11–20, 2010. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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