{"id":807366,"date":"2026-08-09T00:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/807366\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T00:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:22:12","slug":"verizon-outage-reported-nationwide-with-thousands-of-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/807366\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon outage reported nationwide with thousands of reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bernstein senior investment strategist Roosevelt Bowman discusses what to expect from the changing market on \u2018The Claman Countdown.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/tech\/companies\/verizon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Verizon<\/a> experienced an outage Saturday afternoon, with <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/verizon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Downdetector<\/a> showing more than 12,000 reports by 4:25 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are aware of an issue impacting voice services for wireless customers in some parts of the U.S.,&#8221; the company confirmed to FOX Business. &#8220;Our engineers are engaged, and we are working quickly to identify and resolve the issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Verizon asked customers to look up their status on their Check Network Status page for updates on service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/verizon-launches-simpler-plans-new-loyalty-program-drops-some-fees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">VERIZON LAUNCHES SIMPLER PLANS AND NEW LOYALTY PROGRAM, DROPS SOME FEES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/verizon.jpg\" alt=\"Verizon store\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Verizon experienced an outage Saturday afternoon, with Downdetector showing more than 12,000 reports by 4:25 p.m. ET. (Marcin Golba\/NurPhoto via Getty Images, File \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know how much people rely on Verizon and apologize for any inconvenience. We appreciate your patience,&#8221; the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>In an update after 6:30 p.m. ET, Verizon told FOX Business: &#8220;Verizon engineers are making progress on an issue impacting voice services for some wireless customers. If your service is still impacted, we recommend restarting your device.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company added, &#8220;Our team is continuing to work non-stop until this issue is fully resolved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After 7 p.m. ET, Verizon said the issue had been fixed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our engineers have resolved the issue that affected voice services for some wireless customers this afternoon,&#8221;\u00a0the company shared with FOX Business. &#8220;We know how much you rely on us, and we\u2019re sorry for the inconvenience.\u00a0 If you are still having any trouble with your service, please try restarting your device.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\/verizon-customers-face-35-day-wait-unlock-paid-off-phones-under-policy-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">VERIZON CUSTOMERS FACE 35-DAY WAIT TO UNLOCK PAID-OFF PHONES UNDER POLICY CHANGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/verizon-phone.jpg\" alt=\"Verizon phone\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Verizon said engineers were &#8220;working quickly&#8221; to fix the issue.\u00a0 (illustration by Cheng Xin\/Getty Images) \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Saturday, users flooded social media to try to figure out what was going on.<\/p>\n<p>Ticker Security Last Change Change % <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=VZ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VZ<\/a> VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 47.06 +0.07<br \/>\n        +0.15%<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Verizon is down. Looks pretty widespread based on posts. Can\u2019t make or receive calls,&#8221; one person wrote on X, while another commented: &#8220;Nationwide Verizon outage, phone calls not going through, so far everyone I know is impacted doesn\u2019t matter what state you are in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T and T-Mobile also had several hundred reports on Downdetector on Saturday, but both companies told FOX Business their networks were operating normally, with T-Mobile suggesting the issues were with people trying to contact Verizon customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bernstein senior investment strategist Roosevelt Bowman discusses what to expect from the changing market on \u2018The Claman Countdown.\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-807366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}