Verizon outage: FiOS customers experience internet issues in Philadelphia, Mid-Atlantic region

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Verizon customers were reporting widespread internet outages across the Philadelphia area and much of the Mid-Atlantic region, down to Washington D.C., overnight Monday into Tuesday.

More than 10,000 people reported a problem in the Philadelphia area alone, according to DownDetector.

Reports first started coming in after midnight on Tuesday involving the FiOS internet service.

Complaints started tailing off at 3:45 a.m., with little to no reports after 4 a.m.

We have reached out to Verizon but have not received a response.

The company’s website offers a short message admitting there was a problem in the Philadelphia area and that they are working on a solution.