Monday morning started in Atlanta with widespread reports of Verizon outages.
11Alive crews in the field and customers on social media started reporting the problems around 8:00 am.
Umm I need to know when this outage is going to be resolved with Verizon @verizon @VerizonSupport
— Nicole✌ (@Nicole_Alexis23) July 31, 2017
Reports came from Alpharetta, Athens, Buford, Rome and even Hoschton, Ga.
Verizon Wireless is having issues since 09:02 AM ESThttps://t.co/tAXyD3c1tk
— Outage Report (@ReportOutage) July 31, 2017
RT if you're also affected #verizonwirelessoutage pic.twitter.com/oLFS3t5XhA
We reached out to Verizon Wireless and a spokesperson stated:
"We are currently experiencing a service interruption for some customers in the Atlanta area. Our network engineers are working to resolve the issue quickly."
According to the spokesperson, the problem was an interruption in the 3G1X voice and data for some customers north and west of Atlanta. Verizon said engineers were able to identify and resolve the issue. Service was restored around 2 p.m.