Verizon, FCC Requested To Brief House Panel on Outages

Jan. 16, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC

The House’s Homeland Security Committee Chair Andrew Garbarino requests briefing from Verizon and the FCC seeking information on a service outage earlier this week.

  • Garbarino comments on letters sent to Verizon, FCC
  • NOTE: Verizon Issues $20 Credits to Customers Affected by Outage

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