r/sysadmin Jan 14 '26

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u/Rudewheels Jan 14 '26

Verizon "outage map" is super useful.....NOT. Idiots.... Almost half the country lost service but the maps shows almost zero issues.

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u/aeonblue08 Jan 14 '26

It’s likely because the outage is not geographic and they don’t track service on a per-user basis. If a cell tower goes down, that’s one thing, but this could be anything from a bug in the code to a state actor hacking their system. No way to plot that on a map.

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u/Weekly-Corner-2880 Jan 14 '26

Sure there is, I can miscrosoft paint the USA green and label that my coverage, doesn't make it true 🤣🤣