{"id":24654,"date":"2026-01-14T20:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=854365"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:02:15","slug":"verizon-users-report-service-outage-affecting-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/verizon-users-report-service-outage-affecting-thousands\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon Users Report Service Outage Affecting Thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Verizon-store-NYC-AdobeStock-580x294.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Verizon-store-NYC-AdobeStock-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/national\/2026\/01\/14\/854365.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/national\/2026\/01\/14\/854365.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p class=\"bloomberg\">Verizon Communications Inc. is suffering a widespread service outage, with thousands of users reporting lack of cell service on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Verizon, the largest US wireless provider, said it was aware of the issue and trying to resolve the problem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur engineers are engaged and are working to identify and solve the issue quickly,\u201d Verizon spokesperson Rich Young said in a statement. \u201cWe understand how important reliable connectivity is and apologize for the inconvenience,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The internet outage site <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/verizon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Downdetector<\/a> reported 176,865 complaints from users in places from Florida to New Jersey as of 1:04 p.m. in New York.<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T Inc. and T-Mobile US Inc. were also experiencing a much smaller number of network issues, according to Downdetector. 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