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Virginia-based Verizon Wireless subscribers: No, we cannot hear you now

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 7:00PM EST
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If the countless emails that have hit our inbox over the course of the past few hours are to be believed, Verizon Wireless is having some issues in Virginia. And by “some issues,” we mean the carrier’s voice and data services are out of commission across the entire state. Verizon Wireless’ tech support team has confirmed the problem to BGR, and it states that the cause of the massive outage is currently unknown. Verizon says it is investigating the matter just as fast as it can, of course, though the company has no idea when service will be restored.

UPDATE: We’re told that service has been restored for most subscribers as of shortly before 5:00 PM.

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