Verizon outages reported, a week after a day-long Verizon outage affected thousands – NBC Chicago

More than 100 people reported Verizon outages in the Chicago area as of Monday morning, according to the website Downdetector. The outages, which were also reported in other cities including New York City and Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Phoenix and Scottsdale, came a week after a one-day Verizon outage left thousands across the country in SOS mode and no calls could make a transaction or send SMS.

According to Downdetector, reports of Verizon outages in Chicago began to increase around 7 a.m., with more than 150 outages reported. More than 7,000 outages were reported on the site nationwide. As of 8:30 a.m., the number of reported outages stood at 34.

As of 8 a.m. Monday, Verizon's Check Network Status website showed that data, voice, text and wireless home Internet services were “limited” in Chicago.

“There is a known issue in this area and we are working on a resolution,” the website says. It also said service restoration was expected to occur at 6:36 p.m. on Monday.

Around 8:30 a.m., a Verizon spokesperson told NBC Chicago that “some” Verizon customers “experienced a brief service interruption while making landline calls” Monday morning.

“The outage lasted a few minutes and has now been resolved,” said the spokesman.

Dozens of comments on social media from what appeared to be Verizon users mentioned service issues, including landlines and cell phones not being able to make outgoing calls.

Verizon publicly responded to some messages, but gave no indication of a widespread outage.