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

Verizon said it was working to address the problem after service for tens of thousands of customers was interrupted on Monday.

Verizon says a software problem caused the glitch and they are conducting a postmortem, but experts say outages are "a fact of life" these days.

Over 1.5 million Verizon customers had reported outages, according to Downdetector, but by late Wednesday the company said service had been restored.

Verizon customers across the U.S. lost service Wednesday, inconveniencing millions—including one grumpy columnist.

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.

Many devices displayed an 'SOS' signal instead of usual cellular bars during the outage which impacted millions of Americans.

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.