AT&T outage hits customers across the Midwest

Elizab eth Weise , USATODAY12:08 a.m. EDT October 29, 2016

A major outage on the AT&T network has left customers across the Midwest without service. USA TODAY

(Photo: Outage Report)

SAN FRANCISCO — AT&T customers across the Midwest reported outages Friday night, with the problem appearing to be centered in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Minnesota as well as the Philadelphia region.

The outage appears to have begun around 7:00 p.m. ET based on when tweets about the problem began.