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Re: Verizon outages reported across U.S.

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Post by toss1 »

Nextgrid wrote: post #70
mikeweiss wrote: post #50

For those who weren't aware: Verizon got a new CEO late last year and laid off 15% of the workforce (15,000 people). This included people working in network, IT and cyber security.

If you’ve got 100k people to run something that should run essentially on autopilot, you’ve got much deeper problems where merely laying off selected chunks of people will no longer help. The whole company is rotten and the only way is to start from scratch and not make the mistakes that led you to accumulate 100k people. I can't even begin to imagine what those 100k people actually do. For starters, none of the telc…

Obviously, you know exactly how to run a major telecomm operation ten times as efficiently as the dominant operator in the most prosperous nation on earth — you are wasting your skills and should absolutely be given funding to disrupt them and make Billions!! What is holding you back from joining the Oligarchs?

Re: Verizon outages reported across U.S.

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Post by dylan604 »

bobbob1921 wrote: post #75

i know alot are joking / sarcastic about its a cyber attack- that said, Wouldn't it make more sense that whenever there is a "cyber attack" its more likely it would only affect one provider? ie, each has to have different systems / security postures ect, such that a non-public vuln useful to attack Verizon would likely not be exploitable/exposed at AT&T (or vise versa)?

why are you saying that this is affecting more than one provider?

Re: Verizon outages reported across U.S.

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Post by relium »

daveguy wrote: post #24

Verizon acknowledged the issue: https://xcancel.com/VerizonNews/status/2011500483072954495 https://downdetector.com/ shows verizon, tmobile, and att. BUT if you look at the magnitude of the outages for tmobile and att vs verizon it's fractions of a percent. Likely those people with tmobile and att reporting when they have trouble communicating with verizon customers. (Note, you have to click on the providers to see a…

>Note, you have to click on the providers to see absolute magnitude

I noticed that a little while ago too. Very bad UI. Tempted to post in r/dataisugly.

Re: Verizon outages reported across U.S.

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Post by NoSalt »

I find this kind of odd. Yesterday, 2026-01-13, I - who lives in the greater Washington D.C. area - experienced A LOT of Verizon disruption. However, today, my service has been excellent. Maybe I'm from the future and don't know it. Did anybody else in my general area experience outages yesterday?

Re: Verizon outages reported across U.S.

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Post by cormorant »

joecool1029 wrote: post #90

Lol it's network core. Postpaid users on Verizon branded accounts affected. Most MVNO's just fine (checked US Mobile and Visible, different cores... and they are working fine on the Verizon towers)

Further info: https://old.reddit.com/r/cellmapper/comments/1qcwj48/observa...

Re: Verizon outages reported across U.S.

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Post by sumtechguy »

mschuster91 wrote: post #77
Nextgrid wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you’ve got 100k people to run something that should run essentially on autopilot, you’ve got much deeper problems where merely laying off selected chunks of people will no longer help. The whole company is rotten and the only way is to start from scratch and not make the mistakes that led you to accumulate 100k people. I can't even begin to imagine what those 100k people actually do. For starters, none of the telc…

The problem with being a nationwide ISP - and Verizon runs mobile phones, fiber and all kinds of other stuff - is that you need lots of hands across the country. A lot of stuff can be done remotely and with automation, but often enough you still need actual physical hands on site, and you can't just say "eh, we'll come around tomorrow, we can't make it there faster".

Also 'Verizon' is not really one company. It is 2. Telco and wireless. Each of those is a mashup of dozens of other phone companies VZ gobbled up over the years. With tech stacks going back decades. At one point while I worked there about 10 years ago they were running the 56k dialup for AOL. They also run a decent amount of stores. They are not going to automate a retail store in the same way you would amazon. You have to have people standing there. Then there is the "i need to talk to someone about why my phone keeps doing weird things" helpdesks/servicedesks. Then the line workers like you point out. Plus the backend people who might be able to work from home. But only if they are not in a secure area working (they have lots of that). That 15k of people was probably the result of several big projects that were scaling up but didnt work out. They have all sorts of projects to try to 'monetize the last mile they own'. Almost all fail.

Re: Verizon outages reported across U.S.

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Post by eddyfromtheblok »

crims0n wrote: post #47
syntaxing wrote: post #30

Recently downloaded bitchat so I can contact my family members if outages like this happen when we’re out and about. I got a few T1000 cards for meshtastic but there’s just too much friction to teach my spouse and others how and when to use it. I wish haloW was built into phones which would make long range local communication much better.

Really neat concept but that name is so unfortunate. Is it bit-chat or bitch-at? Frankly either would work.

feelin bitch-at, frfr

Re: Verizon outages reported across U.S.

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Post by gjstein »

NoSalt wrote: post #95

I find this kind of odd. Yesterday, 2026-01-13, I - who lives in the greater Washington D.C. area - experienced A LOT of Verizon disruption. However, today, my service has been excellent. Maybe I'm from the future and don't know it. Did anybody else in my general area experience outages yesterday?

DC local. Total outage this afternoon. SOS on my phone for a few hours. Unable to log into my account.
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