Global Internet Access Turmoil: Outages, Crackdowns & New Lifelines (Sept 4–5, 2025)
Major Outages and Internet Shutdowns Widespread outages disrupted internet access across multiple regions in recent days. In the United States, a major Verizon network failure on August 30 underscored the fragility of even advanced telecom systems ts2.tech. Starting around midday on the 30th, Verizon wireless customers from California to New York suddenly found their phones showing “SOS only” – meaning no cellular service except emergency calls ts2.tech. By mid-afternoon outage reports spiked above 23,000 as users complained of being unable to make calls or use mobile data ts2.tech. Verizon acknowledged a software issue in its 4G/5G core network and scrambled