AT&T recovers from multi-state outage after Nashville bombing
Photo by Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty Images AT&T says its services have mostly recovered from a bombing that caused multi-state internet outages on Christmas. The explosion of an RV in Nashville injured three people and destroyed a section of the city's downtown, including significant damage" to a key AT&T transmission facility. This brought down wireless and wired networks across parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama - disrupting cell service, some 911 networks, and communications at the Nashville International Airport, which briefly grounded flights as a result.
The AT&T building, located blocks away from the company's better-known office tower, provides a regional network connection point in addition to local service. The blast reportedly damaged the building's structure...