Verizon down: Latest Verizon outage map for service issues

Is your service out? A widespread Verizon outage swept across the United States late Wednesday night and into the early morning hours of Thursday, October 9, leaving thousands of customers without mobile and internet service. While the issue appears to be largely resolved, users took to social media and outage tracking sites to report major disruptions.

Here’s everything you need to know about the recent Verizon service issues.

Reports of Verizon service being down began to surge just before midnight on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. According to Downdetector, a popular website that tracks service interruptions, outage reports hit a peak of over 1,200 around 1 a.m. ET on Thursday, October 9.

The Verizon outage map showed that the problems were not isolated to one region. Major metropolitan areas reported significant issues, including:

• New York
• Boston
• Washington D.C.
• Chicago
• Seattle
• Phoenix
• Atlanta
• Charlotte

Data from Downdetector indicated that the majority of problems were related to mobile phone service (51%) and 5G home internet (32%), highlighting the disruption for both personal and business users.

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