Verizon Outage Hits East Coast As Users Begin Work Verizon users across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic began experiencing internet issues or outages on Wednesday morning. By Gina Narcisi March 03, 2021, 12:33 PM EST Service provider giant Verizon experienced an internet outage on Wednesday morning, right as the East Coast began signing on to telework or distance-learn. Reports of internet connectivity issues began rolling in a little after 8 a.m. ET on Wednesday. The Verizon outage, according to Downdetector.com, impacted parts of Washington D.C. and several states, including Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. A Verizon spokesman told CRN that there was an “issue impacting internet routing for some of our customers. The issue has since been resolved.”