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Coverage dated November 8, 2021

Comcast Xfinity Outage Affects Some Police, City Services in Chicago Area

Headline from NBC Chicago

Widespread Comcast Xfinity outages across Illinois and Indiana didn’t just affect individuals’ internet, television and telephone services. It also affected services for some Chicago-area towns and police departments.

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16 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC Chicago

    Comcast Xfinity Outage Affects Some Police, City Services in Chicago Area (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Widespread Comcast Xfinity outages across Illinois and Indiana didn’t just affect individuals’ internet, television and telephone services. It also affected services for some Chicago-area towns and police departments.

  2. NBC News

    Comcast internet outages spread across U.S. (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Comcast Xfinity internet customers have experienced rolling and intermittent outages that started Monday night.

  3. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Comcast Xfinity internet outage hits customers across the US - WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    Some users reported issues connecting to Xfinity's status center webpage, which shows where issues might be occurring.

  4. The Sentinel (Carlisle)

    Comcast Xfinity outage affecting internet, phone service (opens The Sentinel (Carlisle))

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    The Sentinel (Carlisle)'s feed description

    News outlets from across the country are reporting widespread outages with Comcast Xfinity services.

  5. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Widespread Comcast Xfinity Internet Outages Reported (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Widespread internet outages were reported across the northeast Tuesday morning, with tens of thousands of customers reporting a lack of access.

  6. CNN

    Comcast Xfinity internet outage hits customers across the US (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    If your Tuesday morning started out with internet connectivity problems, it's not just you.

  7. Newsweek

    Xfinity Services suffer widespread outages in Bay Area (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    A Comcast outage map shows large number of customers in San Francisco and the surrounding area were affected.

  8. NBC Chicago

    Xfinity Responds After Mass Comcast Outages Reported in Chicago Area, Illinois (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    About three hours after Comcast Xfinity customers across Illinois, Indiana and the Chicago area reported widespread internet outages, Xfinity responded on Twitter, saying a network issue was to blame.

  9. Insider

    Comcast's Xfinity customers across the US are complaining of a massive internet outage (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Xfinity has not yet responded to Insider's request for comment about the cause of the widespread internet outage.

  10. Herald & Review

    Comcast issues statement on internet outage (opens Herald & Review)

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    Herald & Review's feed description

    The website Downcaster estimated more than 54,000 Xfinity users were experiencing outages, with the largest concentrations in the San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York areas.

  11. FOX Business

    Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile outages reported in San Francisco, other cities (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Comcast customers reported Xfinity outages in major cities across the U.S. on Tuesday morning.

  12. Newsweek

    Xfinity outage map: Comcast users report problems across the U.S. (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Some users said they were told the outage could last several hours.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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