Verizon says service in Georgia has been restored
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Verizon says it has fixed a major outage that appeared to affect Georgia and parts of Florida. Wireless customers reported they couldn't make calls, connect to data service, or send and receive text messages for hours.
This afternoon there was a fiber issue that caused a network disruption for some customers in Georgia," Verizon spokesperson Karen Schulz said in a statement to The Verge. Our engineers worked to identify the issue and service has since been restored."
Screenshot: Downdetector Outages are mainly affecting customers in Georgia.According to Down Detector, reports of connectivity problems started around 2PM ET, with issues mostly reported in Georgia. Judging by Down Detector's data, reports of...