10 of The Worst Cell Phone Dead Zones in the Hudson Valley
It happens at least once a day, for me. What about you? Where do you lose cell phone service in the Hudson Valley?
AT&T Service Goes Down Across The US and The Hudson Valley
Cell Phone coverage has been a hot topic of discussion over the last few weeks. Back on February 22nd, 2024, cell phone service provider AT&T went down for hours leaving customers in the dark.
Calls couldn't be made or received and the internet was down for some 74,000 At&T customers. Outages were also reported with Verizon and T-Mobile users, but it wasn't as widespread as it was for AT&T.
Rumors of a cyber attack quickly spread, but AT&T shut that down. CNN reports that in a press release from the cell phone provider, they explained the outage was caused by "the application and execution of an incorrect process used as we were expanding our network, not a cyber attack.”
AT&T added in its website “We are continuing our assessment of today’s outage to ensure we keep delivering the service that our customers deserve."
Poor Cell Phone Service Across the Mid-Hudson Region
The AT&T Outage of 2024 started a discussion of poor cell service in and around the Hudson Valley. We asked our listeners to let us know where they believe some of the worst dead zones are across the region and the messages came in fast and furious.
From Dutchess to Orange Counties and through Ulster and up the Thruway, the cell phone dead zones getting mentioned were all over the map. One Facebook user commented:
If the Cell phone companies cared about it they would put up a few more towers in these areas. But as long as you pay for the crappy service they are happy to leave it as it is.
Another simply put:
Too many to list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTH.
Top 10 Worst Cell Phone Dead Zones across the Hudson Valley
We did the best we could to break down the Top 10 Worst Cell Phone Dead Zones across the Hudson Valley judging from the comments and reactions HV residents left on our Facebook page.
Where's the worst cell phone dead zone in your neck of the woods? Let us know and we'll add it to the list, here's what we've come up with so far in the Hudson Valley in no particular order:
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