Major outage: Verizon confirms it’s working to restore service after widespread complaints | CNN Business
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Verizon has confirmed an outage affecting some of its mobile phone users that sparked a flurry of complaints on social media about disruptions to placing calls and accessing the internet.
  • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
    182·
    3 months ago

    Real question, why are they acting AFTER widespread complaints? Isn’t this shit they should already know with all those free tax dollars they absorb constantly?

    • paultimate14@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      3 months ago

      I kept on checking throughout the day yesterday- Verizon’s website said no outages, but istheservicedown showed most of the east coast of the US was down.

      I also heard from friends with business class Internet that they were fine.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      might just be an inaccurate headline, I don’t think we know the exact order of things or when Verizon identified the issue.

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    It’s weird, my service has been dead, but my wife’s is just fine. So it doesn’t seem to be a geographical issue.

    • Pistcow@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      I was told when this happened with ATT a few weeks ago that the account owners phone was fucked and all the sub accounts were good plus business accounts were unexpected.

      I lost coverage for 5 hours on my personal ATT phone but I was able to use my work ATT phone to call my wife.

        • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          I’ve heard it might be due to physical sim versus e-sim. Is that the case for you?

          Edit: apparently nvm on that but it should be back up soon. Try airplane mode on/off like every half hour

    • TommySoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      My brother was having the same issue. He could call people just fine while his girlfriend couldn’t. He discovered that he can’t call anyone that has an iPhone and they can’t call anyone else.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    Hey, I just got a phone call from my brother because he couldn’t call anyone. I have T-Mobile and he has Verizon. Funnily enough our call worked just fine but he couldn’t call his girlfriend. Apparently he has no problems calling people that are using Android but can’t call anyone using an iPhone.

  • cetan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Primary on the phone plan and my phone is SOS only. All other family members on my plan have working phones. Interesting.