Big Internet outages hit the East Coast, causing issues for Verizon, Zoom, Slack, Gmail
Rachel Lerman, The Washington Post
Jan. 26, 2021
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WASHINGTON - People across the East Coast were having trouble accessing core Internet services Tuesday morning, just as they were logging on for work and school.
Users reported trouble loading Gmail, Slack and Zoom - apps that have become necessities to keep work-from-home life running smoothly during the coronavirus pandemic. Downdetector, which tracks reports of outages, showed widespread issues with Verizon, Google, Zoom, YouTube, Slack, Amazon Web Services and others Tuesday just before noon.
The issue seemed to be stemming from problems with the Verizon Fios Internet service, though the company did not quickly confirm issues. Verizon s customer support team said on Twitter on Tuesday that a fiber had been cut in Brooklyn, which could possibly account for some of the issues. The support account on Twitter quickly beca
Major internet outage hits customers across northeast US
By Kelly Hayes
A widespread internet outage was reported Tuesday, impacting many customers across the northeast U.S.
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.
Down Detector, a website that offers real-time status updates on outages, showed thousands of reports of issues with Verizon Fios service earlier Tuesday impacting both landline internet and mobile internet.
The telecom giant had reported a cut fiber in Brooklyn via Twitter, although it’s not clear if that issue was responsible for the entire outage. Verizon didn t give any estimate in its email about when the problem would be fixed and didn t reply to questions about what caused the problem.
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