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null - A Verizon outage involving thousands of customers across the U.S. was reported on Monday morning, according to DownDetector.
More than 7,000 customers had reported issues as of 8:30 a.m. ET, the online outage tracker showed.
Verizon, for its part, confirmed to FOX Television Stations that some experienced a "short service disruption" and that the issue had been resolved.
Here's what to know:
Verizon call 'cannot be completed as dialed’
Many of the issues reported centered on mobile phone service, according to DownDetector – leaving customers unable to make phone calls or send text messages.
Some customers reported receiving the following message: "Welcome to Verizon wireless, your call cannot be completed as dialed."
Some of the U.S. cities with the most reported issues include New York City, Phoenix, Chicago, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Cincinnati, DownDetector's outage map showed.
A Verizon spokesperson told FOX Television Stations in a statement that the outage only lasted for "a few minutes."
"Some Verizon Wireless customers experienced a short service disruption when calling landlines this morning," the statement said. "The outage lasted for a few minutes and is now resolved."
It marked the second Verizon outage reported in recent weeks. A more widespread outage occurred on Sept. 30.