Verizon outage map shows where service is down across US

Verizon mobile and internet customers across the United States have reported losing coverage in the early hours of Thursday morning.

According to Downdetector, a website that monitors service provision failures, the outage has been widespread, hitting users in cities including New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Chicago, Seattle, Phoenix and Atlanta.

Data published by Downdetector showed the number of people reporting outages exploded at around midnight ET, hitting a peak of 1,244 reports at 0.56 a.m. ET.

Downdetector reported that 50 percent of problems reported by Verizon users involved cell phones, while 32 percent were about 5G home internet.

This is a developing story. More to follow.