Verizon customers nationwide left unable to text – Business News
Verizon wi-fi customers throughout the nation have been slammed by a huge community outage Wednesday morning that knocked tens of hundreds of telephones into SOS mode and left customers unable to make calls, ship texts or entry cellular information.
The disruption started surfacing shortly after 9 a.m. EST and quickly escalated, with outage-tracking web site Downdetector logging more than 113,000 experiences at its peak as complaints poured in from coast to coast.
Verizon customers indicated a downside with their service, the company stated in a assertion. Timon – stock.adobe.com
Verizon customers nationwide report points with the service. Downdetector
Users in main cities together with New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Washington, DC, reported complete signal loss, failed calls and useless information connections, in accordance to Downdetector.
DownDetector graph exhibits the big quantity of customers detecting points with Verizon. Downdetector
Verizon acknowledged the outage in a temporary assertion, saying it was conscious of an challenge impacting service for some customers and that engineers have been working to resolve it.
“We are aware of an issue impacting wireless voice and data services for some customers,” a Verizon spokesperson informed The Post.
“Our engineers are engaged and are working to identify and solve the issue quickly. We understand how important reliable connectivity is and apologize for the inconvenience.”
Verizon customers reported points with their providers on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Getty Images
The company had not disclosed a trigger or timeline for full restoration as of Wednesday afternoon.
