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Verizon customers report widespread outages, with mobile phones limited to SOS mode

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Summary
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76% Informative

More than 70,000 reports of Verizon outages have been logged on DownDetector .

Outages were reported from New York to Los Angeles .

Verizon says it is aware of the issue and is working quickly to fix it.

Mobile phones will sometimes switch to SOS mode when they're having trouble connecting to a wireless network.

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68

Informative language

59

Neutral language

91

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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short-lived

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