Verizon Wireless text messaging returns after East Coast outage

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A Verizon wireless outage impacted "a ton of" customers who tried to send texts on the East Coast for most of the morning.

"Our technicians are fully aware we have a ton of customers that are being affected," Verizon Wireless support tweeted to impacted people.

Verizon reported the problem was resolved around 10:30 a.m.

Some customers who continued to report problems were advised to restart their phones.

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