"Big Internet outages hit the East Coast, causing issues for Verizon, Zoom, Slack, Gmail Internet outages and slowed services hit many areas of the East Coast just as the work and school day was ramping up Tuesday. People across the East Coast were having trouble accessing core Internet services Tuesday morning, just as they were logging on for work and school. Users reported trouble loading Gmail, Slack and Zoom — apps that have become necessities to keep work-from-home life running smoothly during the coronavirus pandemic. Downdetector, which tracks reports of outages, showed widespread issues with Verizon, Google, Zoom, YouTube, Slack, Amazon Web Services and others Tuesday just before noon..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/26/internet-outage-east-coast/
"While the cause (or causes) remains unconfirmed, a cut Verizon fiber optic cable in Brooklyn, New York, may be the culprit. Verizon’s customer support confirmed on Twitter that one of its cables had been severed, and customers said they received notice of the outage via email..." https://gizmodo.com/error-404-the-internet-broke-1846134526
