[outages] Verizon Wireless Calls to NY/CT/NJ fail

[Peter Beckman]

Verizon Wireless: I called a phone in NJ this morning, got a strange message:

     "Welcome to Verizon Wireless. Long Distance or International Dialing is
      not included with your service. To inquire about Long Distance or
      International Dialing, hang up and dial *611 from your wireless phone.
      Announcement 7 Location 117137"

I called Verizon Wireless support and they are saying that due to some
upgrades relating to LTE Advanced/Enhanced, since 9pm last night customers
in those areas may not be able to make calls, and calls on Verizon Wireless
TO these areas will get this misleading message.

I was able to make calls to other non-local numbers without issue.

Has anyone heard more about this? Can't find much on the web about it.

The outage map shows a lot of complaints in and through the east coast
corridor between DC and NYC, even toward Boston.

     http://downdetector.com/status/verizon/map/

Beckman
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Peter Beckman                                                  Internet Guy
beckman at angryox.com                                 http://www.angryox.com/
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