During the Verizon outage, police warned that contacting 911 could be tricky. Big disruptions can have cascading effects on everyday life.

New York State Assembly member Anil Beephan called on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the hourslong service outage.

We are aware of an issue impacting wireless voice and data services,' Verizon says. AT&T and T-Mobile say their networks are operating normally.

Verizon said a major service outage affecting thousands customers that lasted for hours and prevented some local 911 calls from going through was resolved late late Wednesday night. "The outage has been resolved.

Customers reported service problems across the U.S. The carrier plans to provide account credits.

Many Verizon customers encountered a widespread outage on Wednesday, disrupting calling and other cellular services across the U.S.

A widespread Verizon outage is disrupting service for customers across Texas and in several other states. "We are aware of an issue impacting wireless voice and data services for some customers," Verizon posted on X Wednesday afternoon.

Verizon said it has resolved an hours-long outage that is believed to have left tens of thousands of US customers without access to voice and data services for much of Wednesday.