More than 100 people reported Verizon outages in the Chicago area Monday morning, according to the website Downdetector. The outages, also reported in other cities including New York and Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Phoenix and Scottsdale, come a week after a daylong Verizon outage left thousands of people across the country in SOS mode, without the possibility of making calls. or send SMS.
According to Downdetector, reports of Verizon outages increased in Chicago around 7 a.m., with more than 150 outages reported. Nationally, more than 7,000 outages have been reported through the site. As of 8:30 a.m., the number of reported outages was 34.
As of 8 a.m. Monday, Verizon’s “Check Network Status” website showed data, voice, text and wireless home Internet services were “limited” in Chicago.
“There is a known issue in this area and we are working on a solution,” the website states. It also said the estimated time for service to be restored was 6:36 p.m. Monday.
Around 8:30 a.m., a Verizon spokesperson told NBC Chicago that “some” Verizon customers “experienced a brief interruption in service when calling landlines” Monday morning.
“The outage lasted a few minutes and has now been resolved,” the spokesperson said.
Dozens of comments posted on social media by what appeared to be Verizon users mentioned service issues, including landlines and cell phones unable to make outgoing calls.
Verizon responded publicly to some messages, but did not acknowledge a widespread outage.
