A Verizon outage today, Wednesday, Jan. 14, is causing many users to report that their phone is locked in SOS mode. Thousands of users, including in New England, are experiencing an outage, according ...

Verizon's fiber optic internet service, Verizon Fios, is currently offline for many customers as well. Downdetector has received reports in Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York.

Stephanie Barnes has been writing about technology for almost a decade. She fell in love with tech after building her first PC as a little girl. She later followed that passion to become a ...

When iPhones aren’t connected to a cellular network, they will typically alert the user by giving an indication in the phone’s status bar. Those notifications usually say “No Service” or “Searching,” ...

Thousands of Verizon customers complained of a widespread outage on January 14, 2026. So, what caused the random wireless issue?