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Verizon partially restores LTE network after nationwide outage

Benny Har-Even — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:54:35 +0000

Verizon's LTE network has suffered a nationwide outage

US carrier Verizon Wireless this weekend suffered an outage that affected its LTE network across the country. According to reports, the service went down early Sunday evening, and had only been partially restored across the country on Monday morning. Some users reported that 3G services were affected as well, leaving customers replying on 1xRTT for data access.

Disgruntled users have been taking to social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Reddit to complain about the outage. Reddit used Vzw_insider was one of the first to alert users about the ourage and said that, “just want to let you all know VZ 4g mode is out nationwide. We’re working on it, calling Vz customer service will do no good as this is a network issue. Looking at at no ETA for repair just yet. I’ll keep this thread updated as the night goes on.”

Meanwhile, Twitter user @derekduncan asked, “Is there any irony in watching a Verizon LTE commercial during nationwide outage?”

Verizon has yet to comment officially on the outage and had not responded to request for comment from Telecoms.com. The outage is the third to affect the service since its launch in December 2010, which announced last week that it had launched a fleet of test vehicles to test and monitor its 4G network.

Verizon is not the only company to suffer from outage issues, with Canadian mobile company RIM recovering from the effects of a data centre failure that affected its Blackberry messaging services worldwide.

The LTE North America 2011 conference takes place on the 8-9 November 2011 at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel in Dallas, Texas, USA.

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