A Verizon outage involving thousands of customers across the U.S. was reported on Monday morning, according to DownDetector. More than 7,000 customers had reported issues as of 8:30 a.m. ET, the online outage tracker showed. Verizon, for its part, confirmed to FOX Television Stations that some experienced a "short service disruption" and that the issue had been resolved.
Some customers reported receiving the following message: "Welcome to Verizon wireless, your call cannot be completed as dialed."Some of the U.S. cities with the most reported issues include New York City, Phoenix, Chicago, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Cincinnati, DownDetector's outage map showed. A Verizon spokesperson told FOX Television Stations in a statement that the outage only lasted for "a few minutes.