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Verizon Outage Affects Thousands, Service Restored Soon After

10/9/2025

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Verizon Communications Inc. faced an outage on October 9, 2025, affecting thousands in U.S. cities.
The outage peaked around 1 a.m. ET and stabilized by 3 a.m. ET.
Downdetector logged 1,244 outage reports at midnight.
Verizon serves over 146 million wireless connections.
As of early Thursday, service was nearly restored; analysts expect an internal review.

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Verizon Communications Inc. faced an outage on October 9, 2025, affecting thousands in U.S. cities.
The outage peaked around 1 a.m. ET and stabilized by 3 a.m. ET.
Downdetector logged 1,244 outage reports at midnight.
Verizon serves over 146 million wireless connections.
As of early Thursday, service was nearly restored; analysts expect an internal review.