Verizon’s LTE outage problems just won’t stop

Verizon’s continuing struggle to keep its LTE network running consistently has landed it in the news again. On Feb 22, Verizon Wireless reported on its Twitter feed that it is looking into customer complaints about its 4G service going down, and Engadget and Phandroid are reporting network outages in several markets ranging from Phoenix (AZ) to Indianapolis (IN). Verizon called the outage a “brief issue,” which may be true, but it certainly wasn’t a localized one. Depending on the scope and duration of the problem, this outage could pass by with little notice, or it could be another black eye for Big Red, which suffered a chain of big LTE failures in December.