"The site's outage map showed that the most disruptions were in major metropolitan areas such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Verizon said on Wednesday that it was working to restore its mobile and data services, as more than 170,000 users reported outages to the website Downdetector, which tracks user reports of service disruptions. That number had dropped to about 100,000 by 2 p.m. Eastern."
"It was not clear what caused the interruption in service. "We are aware of an issue impacting wireless voice and data services for some customers," said a spokesperson for Verizon, Karen Schulz. "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.""
The site's outage map showed the most disruptions in major metropolitan areas such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington and Portland, Oregon. More than 170,000 users reported mobile and data outages to Downdetector, with reports decreasing to about 100,000 by 2 p.m. Eastern. Some users reported their mobile devices displayed "SOS" in the status bar where their network signal normally appeared. Downdetector indicated the outage began just after noon on Wednesday. Verizon said engineers were engaged and working to restore wireless voice and data services. The company apologized and said it was identifying and solving the issue quickly. The cause of the interruption was not clear.
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