Thursday’s nationwide outage affected thousands of Americans as wireless carriers such as AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon and T-Mobile and other providers scrambled to fix the issue.
of Americans as wireless carriers such as AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon and T-Mobile and other providers scrambled to fix the issue.
“People were in a panic yesterday when they couldn’t access their social media or instantaneously communicate with their friends and families. So, it highlighted how we’ve become enslaved to our phones,” Psychologist Dr. Justin D’Arienzo said. According to the most recent estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics, about 73% of American adults in 2022 lived in households where there were only wireless phones and no landlines, while another 25% were in households with both. Barely over 1% had only landlines.“I use it to get on mass transit. I use it to buy coffee. I use it to get into my house. If I don’t have my phone or have service, I cease to exist as a human being,” Stacie Cregg said.
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