Outages on Verizon’s network were reported in the Chicago area early Thursday evening, peaking around 5:30 p.m., according to Downdetector.
The outage tracking website posted more than 1,500 outage reports earlier Thursday, with reported outages starting to appear in large numbers around 4 p.m.
Just under 1,000 outages were still reported just after 6:30 p.m., with outages appearing to ease around 9:30 p.m., according to the website.
Verizon Twitter Support Account appeared to confirm the outages, responding to numerous customers who alerted the cellphone carrier to the problem.
NBC Chicago
