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Verizon outage affecting thousands of customers -- Verizon issued an apology "for the inconvenience.” January 14, 2026, 4:16 PM 🤣🤣🤣
Verizon outage affecting thousands of customers Verizon said it was not immediately clear how long the service would be down. Some Verizon customers were experiencing a service outage on Wednesday afternoon, according to the company.
"We are aware of an issue impacting wireless voice and data services for some customers," Verizon said in a statement to ABC News. "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."
Many Verizon customers said on social media that their phones showed "SOS" in place of network bars.
According to Downdetector, at least 175,000 Verizon customers were affected at one point, but that number has since gone down. Downdetector, a site that tracks outages, said Verizon customers began noticing interrupted service around noon Eastern time.
By 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, the number of Verizon customers affected by the outage was down to less than 60,000, according to Downdetector.