Comcast, AT&T responding after Houston-area storms cause internet and cell outages (unlocked)

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Following Houston’s severe storms on Thursday, May 16, hundreds of thousands of people and businesses in the Houston area were left without power.

For many neighborhoods, cellular service and internet service are patchy or completely disconnected.

The website for Xfinity, an internet and cellular brand of Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA), shows that several thousand customers are experiencing outages. As of 1 p.m., Comcast identified…