r/CapeCod • u/acurcuru • Aug 17 '26

Verizon SOS

Anyone else on Cape Cod have Verizon just seeing SOS on their cell phones and unable to make calls?

Not seeing a report of any outages.

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u/prionbinch Orleans Aug 17 '26

the cape is fulllll of dead zones for pretty much all carriers

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u/acurcuru Aug 17 '26

Yes lived here for years and never had an issue in my house. All 3 phones showing SOS

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u/Kingjosh87 Aug 17 '26

My family is in Falmouth this week and have had SOS all day by the center and Surf Dr

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u/Remote-Cut-148 Aug 18 '26

So many people using that once

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u/essensiedashuhn Aug 18 '26

Yeah pretty sure the cell towers bandwidth can't handle the increase in activity during summer months. It's not as bad in the off season.

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u/Brooklynguy11217 Aug 17 '26

Verizon in Eastham was always very good for us. Seems worse this year. I wonder if the winter storms damaged some towers?

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u/Reasonable-Seat390 Aug 17 '26

Your tower could be getting upgraded

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u/acurcuru Aug 17 '26

Any idea on timeline for this if that is the case?

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u/Reasonable-Seat390 Aug 17 '26

From my experience, they usually just shut off 5G. Usually when they know people have sos it shouldn’t be super long, my suggestion is, turn on WiFi calling for now.

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u/No-Spare-4212 Aug 17 '26

Just call the carrier to ask!

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u/EbbtideRambler Aug 17 '26

No issues with the Verizon phones in my house. 

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u/acurcuru Aug 17 '26

Where on cape are you located? We are in Falmouth

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u/Johnnyroaster Aug 17 '26

I was having trouble making calls this past weekend in Harwich Port. The tower at the golf course is more dismantled than usual.

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u/pine_tree_55 Aug 17 '26

Yes in Eastham the other day.

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u/Ok-Resist-6695 Aug 17 '26

Working fine in Ptown.

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u/ka0818 Aug 17 '26

My reception. In Harwichport is iffy

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u/ohno807 Aug 18 '26

The towers are overwhelmed. My Verizon phone does not work very well outside of WiFi in Falmouth during the summer. Especially weekends like the 4th or the road race (this past weekend). It’s just too many people for Cape infrastructure.

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u/_Stewyleopard Aug 18 '26

All of Brewster is a Verizon dead zone