"America's most reliable network" has yet to publicly acknowledge the outage, but many Verizon users in the Northeast have been experiencing a variety of issues today.
If it appears as though the people you normally text have been ignoring you, you're not alone. It turns out that people still like you, but many on the East Coast - and right here in the Capital Region - may be experiencing problems while sending and receiving text messages. Verizon issued a statement on the outage that has been wreaking havoc today.