T-Mobile customers were in for an unwelcome surprise on Tuesday afternoon as the carrier experienced a widespread service outage, leaving many unable to make calls, send texts, or access data.

According to DownDetector (a sister site of Mashable), the blackout has affected major cities across the U.S., sparking a wave of complaints on social media from frustrated users, including customers of Mint Mobile, T-Mobile’s prepaid subsidiary.

Mint Mobile customers in Utah were hit particularly hard according to outage maps, so here's a look at the states hit hardest by the outage, according to DownDetector:

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Outage map: States affected by T-Mobile / Mint Mobile network issues

T-Mobile:

Arizona

California

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

Lousiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Mississippi

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Texas

Virginia

Washington

Mint Mobile

Arizona

California

Colorado (minor activity visible)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho (small activity visible)

Illinois

Indiana (minor activity visible)

Kansas (small activity visible)

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana (small activity visible)

Nebraska (small activity visible)

Nevada

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio (minor activity visible)

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

As of this writing, however, reports of the T-Mobile and Mint outage appear to be dissipating.

Editorial Disclaimer: Ziff Davis, the parent company of Mashable, owns DownDetector

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