Verizon says issue affecting thousands of cell phone users has been resolved
Cell phone (WHEC file photo)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Thousands of Verizon customers reported trouble using cell phone services on Monday morning, according to the website Downdetector.com.
The reports started coming into the site just before 8 a.m. including in New York City, Chicago, and Washington D.C. but slowed before 9 a.m. It’s unclear if the Rochester area was impacted.
Verizon says the issue has been resolved and sent News10NBC this statement:
“Some Verizon Wireless customers experienced a short service disruption when calling landlines this morning. The outage lasted for a few minutes and is now resolved.”