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For hours, Verizon has been experiencing a huge outage affecting its mobile services across the country.
“During the incident we received reports from Paducah, Birmingham, Fairhope, Foley, Mobile, Montgomery, Pelham, Phenix City, Trussville, Valley, Bella Vista, Benton, Bentonville, Brookland, Des Arc, Fayetteville, Heber Springs, Hot Springs Village, Rogers, Searcy and 1678 other cities,” according to a website tracking the outage.
At one point, there were more than 100,000 user reports of problems on Downdetector. Downdetector’s outage map shows hotspots in many places, including New York and Atlanta. Based on that map, it appears as though the outages are more prevalent on the East Coast.
“We are aware of an issue impacting service…
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