AT&T is working for me here in FL, but there are reports that AT&T is having issues too. Down detector was showing similar.
Edit: AT&T says they aren’t having problems.
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iPhone SOS: Verizon Experiences Major Outage Across the U.S. [Update: Fixed]
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Edit: AT&T says they aren’t having problems.
I'm down in central MI. My wife is down at her office 30 miles away. My bro and sis-in-law (Detroit area) have service, but several of their co-workers don't.
Location really doesn’t matter so stop saying “working in X”. I have two Verizon phones here, one works one doesn’t. What seems more useful may be what plan you’re on or which phone you’re using, not where you’re located. The one that is working is on a different account and is an older iPhone.
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My other half has an old iPhone 11. Reports are Android users are experiencing issues as well. It looks like a network issue.
I thought one of the arguments against MVNOs is that service with traditional carriers will roam onto another carrier's network if that carrier's network is unavailable (which MVNOs will not do). Is that no longer a thing except for emergency calls?
This outage is pretty serious. Ive got 3 phones that have been SOS since 10am.
Wow! This is a bad look for Verizon.
Wow! This is a bad look for Verizon.
Carrier roaming has never been free that I know of. I believe there has always been a charge for using another network as they are owned by a different entity and won’t give away their service for free.
I am down on 15 Pro Max (eSIM). My mom is down on a 13 series (I think). I don’t think it’s hardware-specific.
Live in Orange County, CA and have been without service since around 0700 local time. I have a 16 Pro Max. My sister is also without service on a 14 Pro as well as my brother in law on a 15 Pro. Definitely is not model specific. We are all on the same plan however, wonder if that could have something to do with it?
Down in SE Michigan. Went to a Verizon store and the employees tried telling the massive crowd that was gathering that it was every network and not just Verizon. Crossed the street to T Mobile and switched. I was getting ready leave Verizon anyway.
Down for hours also on iPhone 15 Pro Max (eSIM) ...my wife's 11 Pro Max with physical SIM on the same Verizon plan has been working the entire time. Other Montana users have posted similar e-sim vs physical sim issues. An earlier post in this thread where an iPad with e-sim was working is the only data point I've seen to dispute e-sim being the common thread for the outage...?
I called *611 from my wife's working 11 Pro Max ... and the AI robot claimed that my phone was not on the account when I requested diagnosis. Logging onto My Verizon shows both devices there as always... so the AI is tapping into some database that differs from My Verizon... and I'm speculating that just as it thought my phone number was not a Verizon number... so, too, the cell towers are not recognizing it. Of course Verizon will never tell us what is really happening. 
This is why, if feasible, have a 2nd line ( backup ) with another carrier ( even prepaid )
My family is on the Unlimited Welcome plan (the lowest tier currently offered). Maybe other unlimited plans that include UWB access are unaffected? Just a thought.
THIS! I'm using Iphone 15 on Verizon - SOS, no Wi-Fi calling, yadda, yadda. Wife = Iphone 13, perfectly fine (verizon). Daughter - iphone SE 2020 - fine, son - hasn't replied b/c in school - iphone se 2022 (I think). All Verizon, all same plan. I THINK mine is the only one with e-sim...if I remember correctly.
My wife uses a Pixel 8 on a physical sim and her service is down.
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So no idea if this is related, but figured I would share. My husband and I are on iPhones a couple years old each (I believe mine is a 13). In any event, my mother in law (we're all on the same plan) updated her phone to a 16 over the weekend. When she activated it, my husband I both went into SOS and had to restart - and then no issues. We both have currently been without network since 10 am EST.
Wondering if there is any connection to her getting a 16 over the weekend and us being on the same plan.
It looked like there were some other folks who also upgraded recently. No idea if there is a correlation. Just food for thought.
My husband's work issued phone working no problem.
I'm in southeast Michigan right now, he's in Charlotte NC.
Wondering if there is any connection to her getting a 16 over the weekend and us being on the same plan.
It looked like there were some other folks who also upgraded recently. No idea if there is a correlation. Just food for thought.
My husband's work issued phone working no problem.
I'm in southeast Michigan right now, he's in Charlotte NC.