If you’ve been unable to make calls, send texts, or process card payments around Kansas City recently, you’re not imagining it. Residents on T‑Mobile (and reportedly AT&T and Verizon) have been facing nagging outages for nearly a week, with no official explanation in sight.

As reported by PhoneArena, users have posted in forums about dropped calls whenever they move out of 5G coverage. The situation appears widespread, with reports of data failures and total signal loss in restaurants and shops—some even couldn’t ring up credit cards due to the network issues.

What’s putting people on edge? It seems all three major carriers (T‑Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon) are involved. While it’s possible that individual cell towers are down for maintenance or repair, the simultaneous strain across providers hints at a larger issue, perhaps linked to a common back‑haul line or regional infrastructure fault. With users complaining for days and no word yet from the carriers, uncertainty looms over when normal service will resume.

For everyday users in Kansas City, this means disrupted communication, frustration at businesses unable to process cards, and a stark reminder of how dependent modern life is on mobile networks. Until one of the providers issues a statement or patch, residents are left with spotty coverage, dropped connections, and lingering doubts; even if you’re just trying to stay in touch or grab a bite.

Options to consider? You might retrofit your phone to prefer Wi‑Fi calling where possible, or rely on messaging apps over any working data connection. If you’re experiencing a total blackout, that’s a sign more serious infrastructure issues may be at play; one that might need any or all carriers to step in and coordinate a fix.

We’ll update you when any of the networks break their silence or confirm progress, but for now, Kansas City is stuck in this connectivity limbo; hanging by its digital thread.

Source: PhoneArena