UPDATE: Verizon shared the following message Monday evening on the Verizon News X (formerly Twitter) page: “Verizon engineers have fully restored today’s network disruption that impacted some customers. Service has returned to normal levels. If you are still having issues, we recommend restarting your device. We know how much people rely on Verizon and apologize for any inconvenience. We appreciate your patience.” The cause of the outage was not shared in the post.
UPDATE: Some customers have received the following message from Verizon this afternoon: “We are aware of an issue impacting service for some customers. Our engineers are engaged and we are working quickly to identify and solve the issue.”
(Fremont County, WY) – A reported Verizon outage is currently affecting customers nationwide today, September 30, with local customers in Fremont County and in Wyoming reporting a service interruption as well.
The outage is reportedly affecting millions of customers as of 9 AM MT, with most customers beginning to experience issues about two hours ago.
Some reports have shared that “phones were stuck in SOS mode while others said they have data bars, but they still can’t receive any (incoming) or outgoing calls and texts.”
At this time there has been no official response from Verizon as to the cause and duration of the outage, with no statements having been released or shared on their website or social media pages.
In addition to attempting to reach out to Verizon, folks can also report outages to the Down Detector website.
County 10 will provide updates as they become available.