Internet users across the northeast U.S. experienced widespread outages for several hours Tuesday, interrupting work and school because of an unspecified Verizon network issue.
Internet users across the northeast US experienced widespread outages for several hours on Jan 26, interrupting work and school because of an unspecified Verizon network issue.
Widespread Internet Outages Hit Northeast U.S.
Internet users across the northeast U.S. experienced widespread outages for several hours Tuesday, interrupting work and school because of an unspecified Verizon network issue.
“An internet issue impacting the quality of our Fios service throughout the Northeast has been resolved,” said spokesman Rich Young in an emailed statement Tuesday afternoon. He said service levels “are returning to normal” and the company is investigating what happened. The service interruptions were unrelated to a cut fiber in Brooklyn, New York, which caused problems for people in the area.
There are about 6.5 million Fios internet customers.
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Internet users across the northeast US reported widespread outages Tuesday that impacted businesses and employees working from home due to the lingering coronavirus pandemic.
Problems started around 11:00am ET and spanned from Washington DC up through Boston, leaving a number of major companies without service like Amazon Web Services, Zoom, Gmail and Slack - all of which are staples of remote workers.
DownDetector, which monitors such events, reported Verizon Fios users in New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other major East Coast cities were unable load web pages or experienced slow speeds on the web.
In an emailed statement 90 minutes after the outage was first reported, Verizon said it was working on the problem hurting Fios service throughout the Northeast corridor and that some service had already been restored.