AOL outages and service status in Waukegan, Illinois

Problems in the last 24 hours in Waukegan, Illinois

The chart below shows the number of AOL reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Waukegan, Illinois and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

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AOL Issues Reports

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  Dutchyyy (@Dutchmassive) reported 6 minutes ago

  @bigvibessss If you could actually fully recover MySpace and aol mail (pre data wipe) The heavens would sing, and my broken body would break dance & do the worm

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  Nadine Travis (@travis_nadine) reported 8 minutes ago

  @keithapearson I’ve had an AOL account for over 30 years and never had any issues.

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  Jeb Hill (@memphistigerjeb) reported 16 minutes ago

  19. I never had an AOL account. I jumped in hard on Earthlink back then.

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  Kevin Jones (@NomentionofKev) reported 16 minutes ago

  @LexiAIexander Not crazy making, it's by design. AI frustrates the customer & impedes any real change to the account because even canceling a subscription becomes a tour de force with its labyrinthian path to a result. My old cable company has this system which replicates AOL in its last days.

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  Crosby Tatum (@crosbyt123) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Kev1743 @TheOVW5 I’ll never forget it. I took a flyer on a ticket. I had an AOL Instant Messenger communicator back in the day with a sprint pcs phone. Drove down from Boston in my beat up 89 Toyota Camry. Best night of my life.

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  Aprajita Nafs Nefes 🦋 Ancient Believer (@aprajitanefes) reported 21 minutes ago

  🇮🇷|According to Iranian state media, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down a U.S. MQ-9 "Reaper" drone over Khormuj, in Iran's southern Bushehr Province, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. The drone was attempting to approach Iranian territory and intervene in combat operations when it was engaged and destroyed by Iranian air defense forces. 📍 Key Details · Time: Morning of Wednesday, July 8, 2026. An IRGC spokesperson stated that the shoot-down was in response to U.S. airstrikes launched against Iran earlier that day. · Location: Over the city of Khormuj, Bushehr Province, southern Iran. · Aircraft Type: U.S. MQ-9 "Reaper" drone. This model is the U.S. military's most advanced long-endurance, armed reconnaissance drone, with a unit cost exceeding $30 million. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). A spokesperson stated the drone was "attempting to interfere with operations." 💥Part of Iran's Large-Scale Retaliation This shoot-down was part of a broader Iranian retaliatory campaign against U.S. forces. Following U.S. airstrikes on over 80 targets within Iran between July 7 and 8, the IRGC announced massive strikes against 85 key U.S. military facilities across the Middle East, spanning Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar. Iran stated that this retaliation was a response to the U.S. military's "flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement." 🇺🇸 U.S. Response and Related Losses U.S. Response: As of now, the U.S. military has not officially responded to Iran's claims regarding the downing of the MQ-9 drone as usual Cumulative Losses: A U.S. official confirmed to the American media outlet AOL that, since the outbreak of the war in February 2026, Iranian forces have shot down a total of approximately 30 U.S. MQ-9 "Reaper" drones.

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  Marc Cavalera ⚔️ (@marc_cavalera) reported 21 minutes ago

  @turtledumplin Life without Internet, then slow *** Internet, message boards, Yahoo & AOL chatrooms.

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  myra (@coffeesforbyler) reported 22 minutes ago

  I’m actually gonna ******* cry oh my god aol messenger smooch is so ******* sweet help

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  𐡀 (@Xyleniqq) reported 23 minutes ago

  My 86 year-old father called me at 2 AM because he accidentally joined a Discord server and thought he was being "recruited by the internet." I answered the phone half asleep. "They're in the computer," he said. "Who's in the computer?" "The voices. There are young people. They're talking. I think I've been hacked." I sat up. "Dad, what are you talking about?" "I clicked something and now there's a room full of people and they keep saying my name." My blood pressure spiked. I thought maybe he'd stumbled into some kind of scam call center or ransomware situation. "Don't click anything else," I said. "I'm coming over." I drove twenty minutes to his house at 2:30 in the morning. When I walked in, he was sitting at his computer, headphones around his neck, looking absolutely terrified. "They know I'm here," he whispered. I looked at the screen. He had somehow joined a Discord server called "Chill Vibes Gaming." There were about forty people in a voice channel. And in the chat, someone had typed: "Yo who is CrazyDave1938 and why is he breathing so loud?" CrazyDave1938 was my father. "Dad, how did you even get here?" "I was trying to download solitaire." "THIS ISN'T SOLITAIRE." "I KNOW THAT NOW." Apparently, he clicked an ad, which led to a download, which installed Discord, which auto-connected him to some random public server. And he'd been sitting in a voice chat for forty-five minutes, not speaking, just listening. The people in the chat were confused but remarkably patient. One of them typed: "CrazyDave, are you okay? Blink twice if you need help." My father had no camera on, so blinking was not an option. I leaned over and typed: "Sorry, this is his son. He's 86 and very confused. He thought this was solitaire." The chat exploded. "LMAOOO." "Protect CrazyDave at all costs." "Dave you're a legend." Someone changed his server nickname to "Grandpa Dave." My father looked at me, bewildered. "Are they laughing at me?" "They love you." He squinted at the screen. "What is this place?" "It's like a chat room." "Like AOL?" "Sure, Dad. Like AOL." He thought about it for a second. "Can I stay?" I stared at him. "You want to stay in the gaming Discord?" "They seem nice. That one called me a legend." I didn't know what to say. I helped him figure out how to mute himself, showed him how to leave and rejoin, and drove home. That was three months ago. He's still in the server. He logs in every night around 8 PM and just listens. Occasionally he types things like "Good game everyone" even though he's never played anything. Last week someone made him a moderator as a joke. He took it very seriously. He now removes "inappropriate language" and once banned someone for "being rude to a young lady." The server has doubled in size. Half the new members joined specifically because they heard about Grandpa Dave. My father has become a Discord celebrity at 86 years old. He still doesn't know what Discord is. He calls it "the solitaire room." I've stopped correcting him.

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  Levity (@LevityODonnell) reported 25 minutes ago

  None of them have ever rung me. I got to the MSN point, adding people. I never got to the AOL AIM level they were all on. No one would share the lists with me.