Is Verizon having an outage right now? Verizon network outage impacts customers - Asbury Park Press
Asbury Park Press is reporting on the story above. It caught our attention because it may affect readers checking their internet or a specific service on SpeedTestTools right now.
When a major network goes down, everyday life can grind to a sudden halt. Whether you rely on your phone for work calls, navigating traffic, or staying in touch with family, losing mobile service leaves you feeling stranded. It is especially frustrating when you cannot tell if the issue is just your phone acting up or a widespread breakdown affecting thousands of other people at the same time.
Before you spend hours trying to fix your device, there are a few simple ways to check what is going on. Take a quick look at your signal bars to see if your phone says no service or SOS mode. Try switching your phone into airplane mode for ten seconds and turning it back off to force a fresh connection. If you have access to a home or public Wi-Fi network, turn on Wi-Fi calling in your settings so you can still send text messages and place urgent calls while the cellular network recovers.
If your settings are fine and other local users are having trouble, the problem is almost certainly on the carrier side, so your best move is simply to wait it out.
- Run a quick speed test — get concrete numbers before assuming it's your ISP.
- Open the Down Detector board to see which major services are actually having issues right now.
- If numbers look off, walk through the Fix-My-Internet checklist — most issues clear in the first two steps.