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Verizon seems to be in SOS mode today. Anyone have this issue during the outage? (1 Viewer)

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My phone is in SOS mode, and apparently so are thousands of others. Anyone having an issue with their Verizon phones this AM?
 
Ginger Ale said:
My phone is in SOS mode, and apparently so are thousands of others. Anyone having an issue with their Verizon phones this AM?
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Looks to be a pretty massive outage:

"Since reports of the outage first began appearing in the 9AM ET hour, there have been over 105,000 reports of an outage on Down Detector for Verizon, and that appears to be increasing as well.

Folks note that they cannot dial out or have no network, which results in the SOS icon appearing to replace network bars on a newer iPhone. With this feature, the iPhone can connect to a satellite to help send messages or make calls. It was originally used for Emergency SOS via Satellite but now also functions for Messages via Satellite. "

www.techradar.com

Verizon’s experiencing a network outage – here’s everything we know so far

And what to do if your iPhone says SOS
www.techradar.com www.techradar.com
 
What’s the geographic area, we have Verizon and so far no worries. We are in the Mid-Atlantic area with a line of sight cell tower.
 
Rexedgar said:
What’s the geographic area, we have Verizon and so far no worries. We are in the Mid-Atlantic area with a line of sight cell tower.
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I’m smack dab in the middle of Iowa and I’ve got the SOS indicator on my iPhone 15.
 
As good as ever here. 25 years with Verizon.
 
Ginger Ale said:
My phone is in SOS mode, and apparently so are thousands of others. Anyone having an issue with their Verizon phones this AM?
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My iphone on Verizon in ABQ seems to be working normally.
 
Rexedgar said:
What’s the geographic area, we have Verizon and so far no worries. We are in the Mid-Atlantic area with a line of sight cell tower.
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I'm in Arizona, and I hear it's all over. You're lucky!
 
Ginger Ale said:
That's good! I'm having to let my guys off work because of it today. They're pretty happy to have a phone day tho. lol
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Aren’t you a contractor? Why the need for instant comms?
 
Rexedgar said:
Aren’t you a contractor? Why the need for instant comms?
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Commercial Plumbing company, and contractor. :) I would have organized jobs better last night if I would have known.
 
It's very widespread.

www.detroitnews.com

Verizon says service being restored after outage impacts customers in Michigan, elsewhere

Outage.Report's map shows the outage began at 9:04 a.m. and worsened throughout Monday morning, impacting more than 500 cities, including Detroit.
www.detroitnews.com

One of the reasons that you pay more for Verizon is because this shit doesn't happen like it does for the fly by night services. It's a bit annoying when it's down for this long. I realized during my commute that if I got a flat or had other car problems, I could be sitting there for hours while my kids and wife wonder when the hell I'm going to get there to pick them up. I hope they get it fixed quickly and make an announcement about what happened. Sure, I know that everything used to be this way, but I've had a cell phone at least for emergencies since the early 1990s. You definitely notice it when it becomes an expensive brick in your pocket.
 
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