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Verizon Voice Outage Hits 13 k Reports, Restored by Evening

8/9/2026

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Verizon Communications suffered a voice service outage on Saturday, August 8, 2026, starting at 2:30 p.m. ET.
The outage peaked with over 13,300 reports by 3:30 p.m. ET and 10,820 at 4:16 p.m., halting calls in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, D.C., and the Outer Banks.
Verizon deployed engineers, urged customers to check its status page and restart devices, and restored voice service before 7 p.m., while AT&T and T-Mobile logged hundred reports but said their networks were normal.

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Verizon Communications suffered a voice service outage on Saturday, August 8, 2026, starting at 2:30 p.m. ET.
The outage peaked with over 13,300 reports by 3:30 p.m. ET and 10,820 at 4:16 p.m., halting calls in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, D.C., and the Outer Banks.
Verizon deployed engineers, urged customers to check its status page and restart devices, and restored voice service before 7 p.m., while AT&T and T-Mobile logged hundred reports but said their networks were normal.