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Countless Verizon users reported a widespread outage in their area on January 14, 2026. Get all the updates on the outage, here.
More than 1.5 million Verizon customers reported wireless and data outages on Jan. 14, according to downdetector.com.
Verizon is dealing with an outage on its network that's impacting people's ability to make calls. Text messages appear to be fine.
Over 1.5 million Verizon customers had reported outages, according to Downdetector, but by late Wednesday the company said service had been restored.
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.