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| Northeast coast of US hit with massive internet outage, from Boston to DC | Northeast coast of US hit with massive internet outage, from Boston to DC |
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| Reports have surfaced of a massive internet outage in the northeast United States, with internet users locked out of multiple key services and apps. Verizon blamed the outage on "a fiber cut in Brooklyn." | Reports have surfaced of a massive internet outage in the northeast United States, with internet users locked out of multiple key services and apps. Verizon blamed the outage on "a fiber cut in Brooklyn." |
| Downdetector, a website that tracks reports of outages, showed widespread issues with Verizon, Google, Zoom, YouTube, Slack, Amazon Web Services and others shortly before noon on Tuesday. | Downdetector, a website that tracks reports of outages, showed widespread issues with Verizon, Google, Zoom, YouTube, Slack, Amazon Web Services and others shortly before noon on Tuesday. |
| On Twitter, Verizon customer support blamed the outage on a "fiber cut in Brooklyn" and said it could not provide an estimated time to restoration. It's not clear if the fiber cut was responsible for the whole outage. | On Twitter, Verizon customer support blamed the outage on a "fiber cut in Brooklyn" and said it could not provide an estimated time to restoration. It's not clear if the fiber cut was responsible for the whole outage. |
| Some internet users also reported problems with Comcast’s service. | Some internet users also reported problems with Comcast’s service. |
| Striking in the middle of the day, the outage likely interrupted work and school for millions of people still learning and working from home due to Covid-19. | Striking in the middle of the day, the outage likely interrupted work and school for millions of people still learning and working from home due to Covid-19. |
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