I bought a cheap eSIM for a mobile network different than mine, for this exact scenario and in other cases where my normal carrier doesn't have reception. This one is $24/year on T-Mobile:
The latency is much worse and it's limited to 2GB/month, but better than nothing when you need it.
blintz•52m ago
I reset my network settings and updated before realizing this is just an outage. I kept searching “<MY LOCATION> Verizon outage” but did not even consider it could be nationwide. I guess it shows how rare nationwide outages are.
willswire•1h ago