Verizon's nationwide outages disrupted mobile and 5G home internet services on October 17, 2025, affecting major cities and sparking customer frustration.

Verizon customers nationwide faced widespread mobile and 5G home internet outages early Friday, October 17, 2025, with peak reports exceeding 7,500 on Downdetector before declining to around 300 by 3:30 a.m. ET. Major cities including New York, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Houston, and San Francisco were heavily affected, with users reporting mobile issues, signal loss, and internet disruptions. Verizon has not issued an official explanation or timeline for service restoration, though outage reports were decreasing. The incident follows a similar outage on October 9 and has sparked customer frustration over network reliability.