Verizon Fios internet outages impact millions on East Coast

Verizon Fios internet outages have impacted millions of customers on the East Coast, causing significant disruptions in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

A map of user-reported issues shows the affected area spans about 300 miles from Philadelphia to Richmond, Virginia, according to the third-party website Downdetector, which tracks real-time service disruptions.

Outage.Report also reported receiving significant outrages for Verizon Fios.

“During the incident we received reports from Washington, Lewes, Miami, LaGrange, Baltimore, Silver Spring, Raleigh, Cherry Hill, Maple Shade, Sewell, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington, Ashburn, Fairfax, Falls Church, Henrico County, Norfolk and 16 other cities,” Outage.Report reported.

“There is either an outage or network maintenance impacting your area. We don’t have full details just yet. Our apologies for any inconvenience this is causing,” Verizon responded to a user on X asking about the outages.

“We’re trying to get all the information from our network team so we can provide you all an update.”

An X user in Maryland posted an update from Verizon stating that repairs had begun at 10:50 p.m. EST on Monday and that service was expected to be restored by 10:58 a.m. EST on Tuesday.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.