[Outages-discussion] [EXTERNAL] Re: [outages] Verizon Wireless down again?

[Mike Bolitho]

False positives IMO. Trying to talk to someone on Verizon and it doesn't
work so they go report an outage on their carrier. This is why Downdetector
isn't very reliable.

- Mike Bolitho

On Mon, Oct 7, 2024, 9:59 AM Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) via
Outages-discussion <outages-discussion at outages.org> wrote:

> I know how much this group loves Downdetector (/s), but users are
> reporting disruptions on multiple unrelated services.  There's a spike in
> the graphs at the same time as the Verizon blip.
>
> If I had to guess, there was a broken backbone.
>
>
> —Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 7, 2024, at 6:03 AM, Josh Luthman via Outages <outages at outages.org>
> wrote:
>
> 
> I'm on Verizon Business.  Call in/out just fine.  Data just fine (says LTE
> in the corner if that matters).  Located in Troy, Ohio
>
> https://www.verizon.com/support/check-network-status/
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.verizon.com/support/check-network-status/__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!v-2w_xsHD6bcell_fyjQ61rF5241_lUcY824BOeyjuUU6V2-w4i-Q9Avs-xI4eaglBnb_6Uq1o0RCTnIXRo$>
> says:
> We're looking into Troy, OH area for a potential network disruption.
> We should know more within 12 hours. You can check your network status
> again later for updates.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 8:52 AM Andy Ringsmuth via Outages <
> outages at outages.org> wrote:
>
>> Not personally affecting me as of 7:45 a.m. CDT but seeing tons of
>> reports around the country, starting on the East Coast, of Verizon being
>> sporadically down again for wireless customers.
>>
>> In other news, the sky is blue and it is a day ending in Y.
>>
>> DownDetector (yeah I know, not worth much most of the time) is spiking
>> with reports as well.
>>
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