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SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 30: In this photo illustration, the Verizon logo is displayed on a smartphone screen on September 30, 2024 in San Anselmo California. A widespread Verizon outage is affecting tens of thousands of Verizon customers across the country and is disrupting their ability to make calls, texts and access the internet. Verizon is working to solve the issue and restore service to customers. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
OCEANSIDE, NEW YORK - AUGUST 23: A general view of a Verizon store on August 23, 2024 in Oceanside, New York. Long Island is the home for a plethora of local and national business concerns. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
FILE - A Verizon sign is displayed on a store, Sept. 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Verizon outage fixed after phones 'stuck in SOS mode'

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 30: In this photo illustration, the Verizon logo is displayed on a smartphone screen on September 30, 2024 in San Anselmo California. A widespread Verizon outage is affecting tens of thousands of Verizon customers across the country and is disrupting their ability to make calls, texts and access the internet. Verizon is working to solve the issue and restore service to customers. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)