Verizon ‘aware’ of service issues, working to restore connectivity as thousands report outage

Verizon is responding Wednesday to an issue impacting wireless voice and data service for some customers, the company said.

“Our engineers are engaged and are working to identify and solve the issue quickly,” the company said in a statement. “We understand how important reliable connectivity is and apologize for the inconvenience.”

Many customers said their phones showed “SOS” in place of network bars.

According to Downdector, thousands are reporting a service outage.

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