Verizon Wireless Goes Down for Thousands of Customers, Downdetector Reports

Tech

By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 2 months ago on

August 12, 2026

Verizon had a possible outage Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Shutterstock)

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Verizon Wireless experienced a possible outage Wednesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 2,400 users had reported problems with the platform as of 10:10 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting problems to Downdetector said they were experiencing mobile phone service issues.

Update at 10:32 a.m.

More than 5,000 users have now reported an issue with the carrier.

Update at 10:52 a.m.

More than 8,000 Verizon Wireless users have now reported an issue.

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.