People Are Reacting Hilariously To AT&T Giving Customers A $5 Credit For The Widespread Cell Outage

    $5 is actually wild.

    Michaela Bramwell
    by Michaela Bramwell

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Last week, AT&T had a cellphone outage impacting over 70,000 users across the US that lasted hours, leaving people perplexed, annoyed, and seriously worried.

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    Concerns of a possible "cyber attack" went viral online, and the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security got involved in a full-on investigation, according to NBC News.

    But foul play was apparently ruled out, as an AT&T spokesperson said in a recent statement: "Based on our initial review, we believe that today’s outage was caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process used as we were expanding our network, not a cyber attack."

    Person holding a smartphone with a blank screen
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    Well, to seemingly make up for it, AT&T will now be offering a credit to those impacted.

    We recognize the frustration Thursday’s outage caused & know we let many of our customers down.Β To help make it right, we are applying a credit to potentially impacted accounts to help reassure our customers of our commitment to reliably connect them - anytime and anywhere.Β It…

    β€” AT&T News (@ATTNEWS) February 25, 2024
    @ATTNEWS

    But, it turns out that credit is β€” wait for it β€” $5.

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    Hulu / Via giphy.com

    People are not happy to say the least, so let's take a look at some of the funniest responses:

    1.

    https://t.co/fTdGsJuM4j pic.twitter.com/8lmhfJ0uyb

    β€” Cult of Personality (@19Phranchize) February 25, 2024
    Hulu / @19Phranchize

    2.

    Hulu / @YoFavCuz

    3.

    AT&T giving everyone a $5 credit like it’s a gift pic.twitter.com/vOwUD3MDXr

    β€” Christian Snow (@theCGSshow) February 25, 2024
    @theCGSshow / Amazon

    4.

    Comedy Central / @djflyfree

    5.

    AT&T had their customers stranded for damn near a whole day and is giving them a $5 credit pic.twitter.com/dJiciwNqxR

    β€” Papi ChuloπŸ‡³πŸ‡¬πŸ“ΈπŸͺ΄#ENDSARS (@teeh_kay1) February 25, 2024
    @teeh_kay1

    6.

    RCA Records / @ratedpaulie

    7.

    @504yaknowdat

    8.

    AT&T said here ya little $5🀣 pic.twitter.com/RV1NsskAUQ

    β€” Phylicia Rashad Jr.πŸ’‹ (@DollFaceBeautii) February 26, 2024
    BET / @DollFaceBeautii / Via giphy.com

    9.

    AT&T fielding calls from people upset they're getting 5 bucks credit for the outage pic.twitter.com/nkzUwzuYBz

    β€” Josh (@JUchiha909) February 26, 2024
    Netflix / @JUchiha909

    10.

    The Really Good Podcast / @Xavier1415 / Via youtube.com

    11.

    @okayjoshlol

    12. And finally...

    Hulu / @official_kaiiiii

    What do ya'll think about this $5 credit? Let us know in the comments below.