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Verizon Apparently Suffering Nationwide Data Outage

LOS ANGELES (KNX 1070) — Verizon is apparently suffering a nationwide data outage that is hitting smart phone users the hardest.

On a support forum for Verizon, users in California, Colorado and some other Midwest states are reporting a lack of connectivity.

Joanna Stern, Senior Reviews Editor at The Verge, tells KNX 1070 that Verizon has confirmed the outage.

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According to Stern, within the past couple of months, Verizon has experienced a couple of these outages.

"We had one earlier in the month on Dec. 8, and then we had one back in April which was a full on 4G network failure. There was no 4G anywhere. It wasn't like what we are seeing today with come people having [service]," she said.

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