Verizon outage strands phones in SOS mode
A software issue disrupted service for about a day, drawing more than 180,000 Downdetector reports. Verizon issued $20 credits.
- Service
- Verizon Wireless
- Date
- 14 January 2026
- Cause
- Software bug
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- BloggerVoice outage statistics ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Verizon outage strands phones in SOS mode”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 14 Jan 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-01-14-verizon-wireless-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: BloggerVoice outage statistics, https://bloggervoice.com/internet-outage-statistics/.
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