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EarlG

(21,951 posts)
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 01:32 PM Jan 2021

Verizon Fios Internet outage affecting Northeastern US

Verizon Fios is experiencing an outage making it impossible to access many websites or causing them too operate to slowly to use properly use.

Starting at approximately 11:00 AM EST, Verizon Fios users found they were no longer able to access popular services, such as Google, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Azure, and even Verizon's own website and My verizon app to check for known outages.

According to DownDetector, the outage is affecting locations in the northeast of the United States, including Washington DC, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusets.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/verizon-fios-internet-outage-affecting-northeastern-us/
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mvd

(65,174 posts)
6. Couldn't access the internet here in PA around 12:30
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 01:54 PM
Jan 2021

It seems back to normal now. Verizon Fios user.

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)
8. Thanks for that update. I thought it was something wrong with my PC
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 02:01 PM
Jan 2021

Here in western NY I could get a connection but it took forever for various sites to come in including DU, even after rebooting. Now it's working fine again.

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