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Update: Sources informed Re/code that AT&T’s landline network is to blame for the ongoing outages, as other telecoms rely on AT&T’s backbone for transporting data. A company representative said AT&T is “investigating the cause and working as quickly as possible to restore service.”
Many, many, many, moons ago before the Telco split the southeastern long distance hub was in Alabama in or near Birmingham with smaller hubs tied into it in cities like Knoxville, Atlanta, Nashville, etc.