Verizon said it's aware of the outages, which are affecting the eastern half of the country, and is working to resolve the issue.

The number of outages appeared to spike around 10 a.m. on Wednesday in Florida, North Carolina, and Nevada, and has remained a problem well into the early afternoon

Many Verizon users had issues with their cellular network, seeing an “SOS” message on their phones. Verizon users nationwide are facing a service outage on the telecommunications company's cellular network.

You can also go to the Verizon website to check the company's network status; however, this page appears to be experiencing intermittent problems. Mashable reporters were unable to access an updated map at Verizon's website, and instead received the same statement Verizon posted on X previously.

Verizon reported a mobile service disruption affecting the eastern U.S., with significant outage reports nationwide.

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