According to an AT&T statement, “third parties” were responsible for the mass 911 outages that spread through portions of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama on Thursday afternoon.
Around 2:00 p.m., the first outage reports began to circulate in Mississippi. AT&T stated that service had been restored in all three states by 4:45 p.m.
“911 service continues to operate normally across previously affected areas in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama,” the AT&T statement said. “We understand how important these services are and apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.”
Louisiana & Mississippi 911 system outage.
Official story is cut fiber, “no reason to suspect foul play” at this time pic.twitter.com/O9UnshrlHE— onetallorder (@onetallorfour) September 25, 2025
