Not only were some 35,000 direct Verizon customers left without telecommunications service, but many alternative services were cut off as well.

About half of that amount, 5,239 are Verizon customers.

Heck ,I have been a Verizon customer for 20 years!

It turns out, ironically, that my long history as a loyal Verizon customer was a problem.

That is what happened with one Verizon customer in New Jersey.

No Verizon customers were affected, a company official said.

As for dropped calls: I've been a Verizon customer for about 8 years now.

There are probably quite a few Verizon customers who wanted an iPhone.

As a Verizon customer, I do not feel more secure.

That loyal Verizon customer, the one who hasn't traded in his phone and has a contract for six years running?