Verizon, SOS and outages
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Over 1.5 million Verizon customers had reported outages, according to Downdetector, but by late Wednesday the company said service had been restored.
If you see "SOS" or "SOS only" in your iPhone's status bar, your device is not connected to your carrier network, according to Apple. Your phone will attempt to route any emergency calls through other carrier networks, if available.
Verizon says it's working to restore service. But if your Verizon device still shows "SOS" instead of service bars, you're affected by today's outage.
Some Verizon customers went without cell service for over seven hours on Jan. 14. Here's what we know about the cause of the outage.
Verizon says engineers are working to fix a wireless outage impacting voice and data services for some customers
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After Verizon went down, customers were furious. Verizon’s response is a lesson for every business
Verizon’s outage yesterday was bad, but it proved the company knows one thing: When things go wrong, humans want to speak to humans.
During the Verizon outage, police warned that contacting 911 could be tricky. Big disruptions can have cascading effects on everyday life.