India, Aug. 31 -- Thousands of Verizon customers across the US reported service outages on Saturday. According to outage tracking site DownDetector, major cities including Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, New York City, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Orlando, and Miami were among the worst hit. As of 5:30 p.m. EDT, the site had logged over 22,000 outage reports.

In a statement to the Sun-Times, Verizon acknowledged the disruption and said it was working to resolve the issue quickly.

"We are aware of a software issue impacting wireless service for some customers," a company spokesperson told the outlet. "We know how much people rely on Verizon and apologize for any inconvenience. We appreciate your patience."

Many Verizon customers took to social m...