Massive Verizon outage across the US as data, texting and calls fail – and no word about when the issue will be resolved
- Verizon outage occurred at 10AM ET and then again around 3PM ET
- Affecting all parts of the US, but mainly around the coastal states
- Outage is effecting data, calling and texting abilities for thousands of customers
America’s ‘most reliable’ network has gone down.
Verizon appears to be out across the entire US, with the most recent reports coming in from New York City, Houston, Texas and Los Angeles, California.
The outage appears to be effecting data, payments, calls and texting for customers — no official statement has been given by the communications and Technology Company yet.
It appears the outage began around 10 AM ET, subsided and then spiked back up again at 3 PM ET –Verizon has yet to make a statement regarding the issue. Downdetector is showing much of the coastal areas experiencing this inconvenience
It appears the outage began around 10 AM ET, subsided and then spiked back up again at 3 PM ET –Verizon has yet to make a statement regarding the issue.
Downdetector is showing much of the coastal areas experiencing this inconvenience.
This includes Los Angeles, California, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York City, Atlanta, Georgia and more.
And many Verizon users have flocked to Twitter to share their frustrations – one demanding the firm gets its ‘crap together’.
Others experienced the outage after getting a new iPhone and were not happy
Other’s suggest there are a lot of events occurring across the US. The outage comes a few months after Verizon customers on the US East Coast were hit by a massive outage, leaving thousands unable to send text messages
The outage comes a few months after Verizon customers on the US East Coast were hit by a massive outage, leaving thousands unable to send text messages.
The problem has affected Verizon users from New York to the southern tip of Florida, along with parts of the south and the Great Lakes area.
It appeared mostly to involve mobile phone and internet service, though some have reported issues with landline service as well.
Reports of service issues began shortly after 5 a.m. ET, and quickly grew to the thousands.
On social media, many customers have expressed frustration at the lack of updates from the company.
This includes Los Angeles, California, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York City, Atlanta, Georgia and more. And many Verizon users have flocked to Twitter to share their frustrations – one demanding the firm gets its ‘crap together
While Verizon hasn’t posted a statement on its Verizon Support, Verizon Wireless CS, or Verizon Twitter accounts, it confirmed the outage in a reply to a customer inquiry at 8:04 a.m. – about three hours into the texting blackout.
‘We have confirmed there is a texting outage on the east coast,’ the Verizon Wireless CS account tweeted in the reply.
‘Our technicians a fully aware we have a ton of customers that are being effected, and we’re working non-stop to get this matter resolved as soon as possible.’
