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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Countless users have taken to social platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Threads to shout issues, but reported problems with Verizon have spiked on Down Detector to over 46,000.

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A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted.[image or embed]

-- WIRED (@wired.com) Jan 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM

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