NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A texting outage was frustrating Verizon customers on the East Coast on Tuesday.
Thank you for the added details. With texts, Verizon is currently experiencing a wireless network issue in your area. Our technicians are aware of this issue and are working to resolve it quickly. What happens when you try to make a call? ^NB
— Verizon Wireless CS (@VZWSupport)
March 12, 2019 The outage was confirmed by a customer service agent. There was no word on how widespread the outage was or how long it would take to fix.
Run me my coins @verizon @VZWSupport. I was not warned of a shortage with texting.I have been a loyal customer for 15 years, so do unto me as I have done unto you. --
— MiMi Q. Atkins (@mqatkins)
March 12, 2019 Texting the @MTA to get my bus ETA but message undeliverable freaked me out @verizon #TextingOutage
— MonicaExcel -- (@ExcelMonica)
March 12, 2019 Frustrated customers quickly took to Twitter to air their grievances.
