Verizon investigates widespread service outage Monday

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By Waqas Khan

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Verizon is investigating a service outage that led to over 100,000 disruption reports on Monday morning.

As of around 11 a.m. ET, more than 100,000 customers reported being without service, according to Downdetector, a platform that monitors tech outages.

“We’re aware of an issue affecting service for some customers,” said Verizon spokesperson Ilya Hemlin in a statement to USA TODAY. “Our engineers are working swiftly to resolve the problem.”

Users quickly took to social media to voice their concerns about the outage. One X user wrote, “Is @Verizon down for anyone else? My service dropped at 10 a.m., and nothing—restarting or toggling airplane mode—seems to restore the signal.”

Verizon’s customer service account, @VerizonSupport, responded to numerous reports of service disruptions on X.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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