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Verizon Wireless Is Down

https://downdetector.com/status/verizon/
20•willswire•1h ago

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willswire•1h ago
Tech Radar is picking up the outage but most of Verizon's social accounts are silent. https://www.techradar.com/news/live/verizon-outage-january-2...
heroicmailman•1h ago
Big time. Down Detector also showing reports up for other cell networks. Are AT&T and T-Mobile also affected?
willswire•1h ago
Unsure but looks like maybe a bigger issue?
batchfile•1h ago
Could be that they're testing by trying to call verizon phone numbers.
mhdhn•1h ago
Verizon posted they're aware of an outage https://x.com/VerizonNews/status/2011500483072954495?s=20
jerlam•1h ago
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:

https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/data-plans-and-coverage/ubigi...

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.
sva_•31m ago
Seems to be back