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Verizon Wireless Goes Down for Thousands Thursday, Downdetector Reports
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By Anthony W. Haddad
Published 51 minutes ago on
September 3, 2026

Verizon Wireless experienced a possible outage Thursday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. (Shutterstock)

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

More than 2,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 12:41 p.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 12:52 p.m.

More than 4,000 users have now reported an issue with Verizon.

Verizon Wireless was not immediately available for comment.

Update at 1:31 p.m.

More than 10,000 users have now reported an issue to Downdetector.

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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.
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