Verizon suffering 'nationwide' data outage (update: fixed)
By Tim Stevens 
posted March 3rd 2010 8:11AM
posted March 3rd 2010 8:11AM
Having a little trouble checking in on your tweeps this morning on your Droid? Is your new Pre Plus not syncing with Facebook, or your Storm2 acting a little too calm? The problem seems to lie with Verizon, which is suffering from a "nationwide" data outage at the moment. The reason we keep putting that in quotes is because we in NY are not affected (our Droid is connecting just fine) but Verizon representatives have confirmed the issue, while people in various places all over the US are unable to connect according to the forums we've been perusing this morning. Verizon indicated it does not have an ETA for when things will be fixed and, sadly, it doesn't have any status message on its site, but we'd advise not calling and bothering the support folks about this -- based on how long we were on hold we're guessing they have their hands full at the moment.Update: We're hearing that things are popping back online for most folks, so enjoy a little 3G with your morning cuppa.
Update 2: According to this official tweet the problem has been resolved: "VZW resolves early AM data issue that involved parts, not all, of eastern US: mix of some out, slower service, many unaffected from 4-8 AM." So, if you're still out, the time has come to hit up those customer service agents.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
@Mike Vick nope. like many here have said, AT&T is on nearly a daily schedule with this kind of event.
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@jonbruc - for FAKE 3G? Guess so...
Experiencing severe problems in eastern NC. I have been receiving random calls for the past 4 hours from complete strangers. The calls are showing up on caller id as an actual person in my contact list. For the last hour the calls have been cut about 5 seconds after answering. My outbound calls are also being answered by random people in different areas outside of NC. I know of 15 people in the immediate area experiencing the same problem as well as 3 relatives in SC. FYI, I have the Blackberry Storm, but the problems do not seem to be limited to specific phones. Whats the deal big red???
You know what really sucks, I think its just gadgets I own that are on the frizz. My playstation3, my phone network, Im scared on whats next, probably my Mac...