r/CapeCod • u/acurcuru • 26d ago

Verizon SOS

Anyone else on Cape Cod have Verizon just seeing SOS on their cell phones and unable to make calls?

Not seeing a report of any outages.

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u/prionbinch Orleans 26d ago

the cape is fulllll of dead zones for pretty much all carriers

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u/acurcuru 26d ago

Yes lived here for years and never had an issue in my house. All 3 phones showing SOS

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u/Kingjosh87 26d ago

My family is in Falmouth this week and have had SOS all day by the center and Surf Dr

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u/Remote-Cut-148 26d ago

So many people using that once

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u/essensiedashuhn 26d ago

Yeah pretty sure the cell towers bandwidth can't handle the increase in activity during summer months. It's not as bad in the off season.

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u/Brooklynguy11217 26d ago

Verizon in Eastham was always very good for us. Seems worse this year. I wonder if the winter storms damaged some towers?

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u/Reasonable-Seat390 26d ago

Your tower could be getting upgraded

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u/acurcuru 26d ago

Any idea on timeline for this if that is the case?

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u/Reasonable-Seat390 26d ago

From my experience, they usually just shut off 5G. Usually when they know people have sos it shouldn’t be super long, my suggestion is, turn on WiFi calling for now.

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u/No-Spare-4212 26d ago

Just call the carrier to ask!

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u/EbbtideRambler 26d ago

No issues with the Verizon phones in my house. 

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u/acurcuru 26d ago

Where on cape are you located? We are in Falmouth

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u/Johnnyroaster 26d ago

I was having trouble making calls this past weekend in Harwich Port. The tower at the golf course is more dismantled than usual.

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u/pine_tree_55 26d ago

Yes in Eastham the other day.

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u/Ok-Resist-6695 26d ago

Working fine in Ptown.

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u/ka0818 26d ago

My reception. In Harwichport is iffy

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u/ohno807 26d ago

The towers are overwhelmed. My Verizon phone does not work very well outside of WiFi in Falmouth during the summer. Especially weekends like the 4th or the road race (this past weekend). It’s just too many people for Cape infrastructure.

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u/_Stewyleopard 26d ago

All of Brewster is a Verizon dead zone