>Considering how many unrelated networks went down simultaneously, prove to me it wasn't caused by the 2 X-Class flares that flashed right before communications went down. It might have been something else but I have yet to see a plausible explanation. We don't use landlines any longer. Telco outages caused by solar flare activity involve voltages induced on electrical lines and cables. Cellular carriers use fiber which would be unaffected. The widespread nature of the outage and the lack of copper connecting the various areas means that line voltage induction is not the culprit. Also, if it was caused by the X-Class flares, we would see many other similar industries affected just the same. Sure other cellular carriers are being affected, but it important to understand that they all share infrastructure and data so a T-Mobile customer calling an AT&T customer will get the notion that T-Mobile is down when in reality it is on the other carrier's side. There are lots of scientific tools and instruments around the world that would detect or be affected by these X-Class flares. Until I hear something about what they are experiencing in the last 24 hours, I'm putting my money on the telco outages/issues being on some DEI shitskin who misconfigured the network infrastructure at AT&T. This is a very common occurrence and we see it often in cloud infrastructure outages. It's far more likely the real cause than solar flare activity. I'll see what I can find from the scientific community impacts, if there are any.