# Major Verizon wireless outage
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 14, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693 "2026-01-14T18:24:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/1 "2026-01-14T18:24:42Z")
Starting this thread now that I am using WiFi. I thought I was going crazy. Did I not pay my bill? Do I turn it off and turn it on? Then I got home and was able to look it up. Seems like it’s been over an hour and it’s down across the country. So far I haven’t seen any reason and just an unreasuring “We are working on it.”
[https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/nation-world/verizon-outage-reported/507-ef3cb3d0-f595-432f-9f84-d1690a5085a7](https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/nation-world/verizon-outage-reported/507-ef3cb3d0-f595-432f-9f84-d1690a5085a7)
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### Author:  [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/2 "2026-01-14T18:31:00Z")
I’m in CA and mine is working. Just called my landline and it went through.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/3 "2026-01-14T18:31:07Z")
Mine seems to be working fine. With wifi turned off, I could still get to the internet and receive calls. I’m in Wisconsin, if that makes a difference.
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### Author:  [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/4 "2026-01-14T18:33:35Z")
Just did the same thing. Lost cell service for my whole family on our personal phones around 1pm. (But I still have service on my work phone, and my personal iPad still has service.) First thing I checked was to verify my bill was current and paid. But I can’t log into my account on their website or their app, either.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/5 "2026-01-14T18:33:46Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> Mine seems to be working fine. With wifi turned off, I could still get to the internet and receive calls. I’m in Wisconsin, if that makes a difference.
The good news is it seems to only be affecting half of the country. Good news if you are in the right half. Or in this case the left half.
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### Author:  [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/6 "2026-01-14T18:34:34Z")
Western PA here - seems OK at the moment.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/7 "2026-01-14T18:37:28Z")
There are some reports that older phones aren’t affected. Nothing confirmed that I saw. I have an iPhone 15 and my daughter has a 17 and we are both out (in SOS mode).
I don’t have Fios so I don’t know if that’s affected. The reports I see only mention wireless.
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/8 "2026-01-14T18:40:12Z")
Santa Barbara. iPhone 16Pro. I’m ok. The last big one affected me though.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/9 "2026-01-14T18:47:01Z")
> [@hajario](#):
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> Santa Barbara. iPhone 16Pro. I’m ok. The last big one affected me though.
Everything I’m seeing mentions Chicago and points east.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/10 "2026-01-14T18:55:18Z")
Mine in north Florida: not working.
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### Author:  [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/11 "2026-01-14T18:56:42Z")
New Jersey here, no cell service on my Verizon phone for the last couple of hours.
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### Author:  [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/12 "2026-01-14T19:00:36Z")
I have Fios and it’s working fine even though the phones say SOS ( in NYC)
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/13 "2026-01-14T19:03:52Z")
Working fine here in Portland.
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### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/14 "2026-01-14T19:05:36Z")
In Michigan and working fine.
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/15 "2026-01-14T19:09:55Z")
> **[Verizon Outage Map](https://istheservicedown.com/problems/verizon/map)**
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> Live Verizon outage map and issues overview.
The map shows a fair amount of service trouble overlap with Comcast/Xfinity and T-Mobile, which use the same infrastructure, as I understand it.
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### Author:  [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/16 "2026-01-14T19:18:37Z")
I was going to also report\*, but the map explains it.
Brian
\* fine in SE Minnesota
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/17 "2026-01-14T19:43:57Z")
Mine is working on-and-off. Chicago area for me.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/18 "2026-01-14T19:48:48Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> Mine in north Florida: not working.
Service restored. 🤞
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/19 "2026-01-14T20:13:24Z")
I’ve been on the phone all day in the Cleveland area with my business partner in Athens, GA. Both of us on Verizon.
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### Author:  [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-verizon-wireless-outage/1026693/20 "2026-01-14T20:26:01Z")
> [@Ponch8](#):
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> Mine is working on-and-off.
Same here in Connecticut.
Never lost service for my work phone or iPad, but my personal iPhone keeps getting and losing service. Currently down at the moment.
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