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Verizon Wireless Nationwide Outage Affects Millions of Users Monday Morning, Phones in SOS Mode

Sep 30, 2024, 03:53 PM

Verizon Wireless is experiencing a nationwide outage affecting millions of users across the United States. The outage, which began around 10 AM ET on Monday morning, has left many customers unable to make calls or send texts, with their phones stuck in SOS mode. The issue appears to be more severe on the East Coast, and Verizon Communications has confirmed the problem but has not provided an estimated time for service restoration. Downdetector has recorded over 100,000 outage reports, with major cities like Chicago, Atlanta, and New York significantly impacted. Verizon engineers are actively working to resolve the issue.