AT&T Reports 1,000 Of Their Towers Are Out Affecting Cell Phone Service Throughout LA

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — AT&T reports that nearly 1,000 of their cell towers are down affecting countless customers throughout the Los Angeles area.

The company says they are working to correct the problem but don't expect to be fully operational until 2:30 tomorrow morning.

Many customers have reported trouble making and receiving calls as well as receiving voice messages.

A local AT&T store told CBS2 and KCAL9's assignment desk that the outages have been "sporadic."

Text messaging and sending and receiving data is apparently not affected.