iPhone SOS: Verizon Experiences Major Outage Across the U.S. [Update: Fixed]

[rmeadejr]

It came back for a few seconds then went away back to SOS on iPhone while on S24 Ultra showing Emergency Call Only

Same on my IPM here in SF

 

[JohnC1959]

So if you need SOS you're SOL?

Or is it you are SOL if you see SOS?

I was sending messages to my wife early in the outage via SOS satellite, but an hour later it said temporarily out of service. I'm guessing/hoping that was intentional to give the bandwidth to actual emergency calls.

 

[ikramerica]

Ironically, my $25 a month Visible plan that uses Verizon towers is fine. My wife’s $100 a month Verizon plan has SOS and we are standing right next to each other and use the same phones 😂

Yep. Our Spectrum is fine. This a problem internal to Verizon.

 

[mfram]

Progress! My phone says I'm connected to Wifi Calling. But not OTA service yet.

 

[stars_fan]

Perhaps my dad (a civil engineer) has a point about why he continues to pay for our analog landline at home. lol

After the last mile it's all VOIP now. There hasn't been a TDM infrastructure for many years.

 

[djc6]

Doctors should be on FirstNet, which is through AT&T. Not exactly the best play by a doctor.

There is poor AT&T coverage where we live, the hospital system has contracted with Verizon and Verizon network extenders around campus and even in the underground and interior parts of the buildings.

 

[stars_fan]

We both have new phones and only one of ours is down so I wouldn’t think it was user hardware related.

Many of these carrier issues are based on billing server problems. The carriers are going to make sure they get paid before allowing a single call/message/data on their network.

 

[stars_fan]

There is poor AT&T coverage where we live, the hospital system has contracted with Verizon and Verizon network extenders around campus and even in the underground and interior parts of the buildings.

The hospital should have a DAS for all 3 major carriers.

 

[roncron]

I had Verizon until earlier this year. Switched to Mint mobile to save about $100/month. It definitely has a few downsides (deprioritized during the eclipse while in a large crowd so I had no internet for an hour or two, and no RCS for iPhones yet) but overall I think its been a very positive move. Especially with how much I've saved and now this.

I'm happy to know you're having a good experience on Mint. People here at my workplace have switched to Mint and are having a similar experience.

I'm a big fan of these discount cellular carriers that piggyback off of the big three. I switched to Visible, which is a subsidiary of Verizon like Mint is a subsidiary of T-Mobile. My wife & I are saving $50/month, connectivity for voice and data is just as reliable as with Verizon but cellular data is measurably faster. (I used SpeedTest before and after the switch to check). Plus, Visible doesn't charge extra to add my cellular Apple Watch to my plan, whereas Verizon wanted to charge me $15/month to provide service to my AW.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Girlfriend just got service back on her S22 Ultra, I had service all day 15PM. We're north of Chicago on the lake

 

[prosopopeia2112]

Back on as of about 10 minutes ago

 

[Sherlynn]

Back on also about 5:30 pm

 

[FelixDerKater]

Verizon and their Russell Cellular minion suck.

 

[stingazg]

Just returned for me!!!

 

[Eduardo75890]

Both 16 Pro Max and S24 Ultra came back. 16 Pro Max still shows on LTE while S24 Ultra connect straight to 5G UW

 

[ryanmcv]

Service was restored for me about an hour ago, but now RCS doesn't seem to be working. When I tap on "Carrier" in Settings > General > About, it now just say "Voice & SMS" next to IMS Status. RCS used to also be listed there. Anyone else having issues with RCS on Verizon after today's outage?

 

[Packers1958]

My service came back quite oddly. I was getting fed up and was going to switch to AT&T. I went to their web site, chose bring your own device, selected new customer. It asked me for the imei number. I entered it, it identified my iPhone and within 5 seconds Verizon started working again. Weird.

 

[sgtaylor5]

Eastern Washington state, my LTE but not 5G UW, service was restored at 1400 PDT

 

[sgtaylor5]

Service was restored for me about an hour ago, but now RCS doesn't seem to be working. When I tap on "Carrier" in Settings > General > About, it now just say "Voice & SMS" next to IMS Status. RCS used to also be listed there. Anyone else having issues with RCS on Verizon after today's outage?

No problems here; just sent one

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Back up in San Diego area about 30 minutes ago after being down all day. Voice in/out and data (including UW) all working.

 

[newyorksole]

this is so interesting because last night for the first time ever I turned off Call Forwarding and WiFi Calling on my iMac and iPad lol tired of them ringing when my phone rings!

and I had no idea about this outage considering I was working from home all day and on WiFi.

 

[Premium1]

So glad they took $5 off the autopay discount and can't even keep their network up and running...

 

[Packers1958]

I look forward to their commercials tonight on MNF telling us they are the most reliable network.

 

[Pentium]

I look forward to their commercials tonight on MNF telling us they are the most reliable network.

They will brag about it, do not worry, then rise their prices toward the end of the month.

 

[JohnC1959]

I'm looking on the bright side. I got a good chance to test out satellite messaging with my wife. Now I'll know it better in case I have a real emergency some day.