Verizon Wireless Outage Leaves Customers In The Dark Across The US

Verizon users across the US may be asking “Can you hear me now?” as a widespread outage is affecting many customers. While the company does say it is aware of the issue, no timeline for a fix has been given.

For those affected, this means they will not be able to make calls, send or receive text messages, or access the web unless they have a WiFi signal available. According to the website Outage.Report, the outage started at 9:04am ET. The heat map (seen below) on the website shows the outage affecting nearly every state in the continental US.

Downdetector also shows a massive outage for Verizon customers on its website. According to the website, the most reported locations include, Chicago, Phoenix, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles, among a few others. It does appear, however, that the number of people without ...