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Thousands of cell phone users reported a service outage on Wednesday morning, and the issue appears to be affecting a wide array of providers.
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Widespread Verizon outage resolved after prompting emergency alerts in Washington, New York City
New York State Assembly member Anil Beephan called on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the hourslong service outage.
While Downdetector did receive a spike in user error reports for T-Mobile and AT&T, at this time, Verizon seems to be the only major mobile carrier suffering an outage. In a statement on X, T-Mobile said that its network was functioning normally at this time.
Verizon customers across the country were hit with a widespread service outage on Wednesday, leaving many customers unable to call, text, or access the Internet for much of the day. On Wednesday evening,
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.
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Many were unable to make calls or use mobile data as phones displayed an 'SOS' status or showed no network connection.
In short, when you see SOS on your phone, it means you're not connected to a cellular network. "If you see SOS or 'SOS only' in the status bar, your device isn't connected to your cellular network, but you can still make emergency calls through other carrier networks," reads an Apple support page on the feature.