Verizon PSTN issues?

I'll try not to be as vague as the last person...

We are in Verizon (former GTE) territory in Santa Barbara, CA, LATA 740.

For much of the day we have had complaints of reorder from dialup users as well as reports of reorder from people trying to call us from out of the area. I saw a note on another forum that claimed that Verizon was having "nationwide issues" but gave no other detail.

Verizon rep hasn't returned voicemail, l-o-n-g hold time on repair, gave up.

Can anyone shed any light?

Jay Hennigan wrote:

For much of the day we have had complaints of reorder from dialup users as well as reports of reorder from people trying to call us from out of the area. I saw a note on another forum that claimed that Verizon was having "nationwide issues" but gave no other detail.

Verizon rep hasn't returned voicemail, l-o-n-g hold time on repair, gave up.

Verizon had a hardware issue. I was told they cut a line, can't confirm.