Verizon Wireless Is Down

#1

Post by willswire » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC

Verizon Wireless Is Down
downdetector.com

Re: Verizon Wireless Is Down

#2

Post by willswire » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 6:01 PM UTC

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...

Re: Verizon Wireless Is Down

#3

Post by heroicmailman » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 6:02 PM UTC

Big time. Down Detector also showing reports up for other cell networks. Are AT&T and T-Mobile also affected?

Re: Verizon Wireless Is Down

#4

Post by willswire » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC

heroicmailman wrote: post #3

Big time. Down Detector also showing reports up for other cell networks. Are AT&T and T-Mobile also affected?

Unsure but looks like maybe a bigger issue?

Re: Verizon Wireless Is Down

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Post by batchfile » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC

heroicmailman wrote: post #3

Big time. Down Detector also showing reports up for other cell networks. Are AT&T and T-Mobile also affected?

Could be that they're testing by trying to call verizon phone numbers.

Re: Verizon Wireless Is Down

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Post by mhdhn » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

Verizon posted they're aware of an outage https://x.com/VerizonNews/status/2011500483072954495?s=20

Re: Verizon Wireless Is Down

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Post by jerlam » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC

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.

Re: Verizon Wireless Is Down

#8

Post by blintz » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC

I reset my network settings and updated before realizing this is just an outage. I kept searching “ Verizon outage” but did not even consider it could be nationwide. I guess it shows how rare nationwide outages are.

Re: Verizon Wireless Is Down

#9

Post by sva_ » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC

Seems to be back

Re: Verizon Wireless Is Down

#10

Post by tonymet » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC

I just got a bizarre text and unexpected bill with broken accounting and a 3x charge . It seems to be authentic, but totally illegitimate charges . I called CS and the call crashed due to “technical difficulties “. This is more than a mere service outage . Perhaps a targeted attack ?

The bill seemed to duplicate older charges that were already paid , plus some bogus charges and bogus outstanding balance . Very unusual .