Massive Verizon outage — live updates and what to do with iPhone in SOS
Massive Verizon outage — live updates and what to do with iPhone in SOS Customers are unable to make phone calls News By John Velasco last updated October 1, 2024 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Verizon store front. (Image: © Shutterstock) Some Verizon customers woke up this morning to their phones in SOS mode due to an an apparent outage, which has yet to be resolved now that we're more than halfway through the afternoon. Service tracker Downdetector first registered a huge spike starting at 10:00 a.m. ET, with many customers saying on X and Threads that they’re having issues placing phone calls. There doesn’t appear to be an early culprit to the outage from this morning, but Verizon engineers are actively looking to the issue. Many of the affected customers say that they’re unable to make outbound phone calls — while others say they can’t make any calls due to their phone going into SOS mode. Phones usually e...