Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) suffered a nationwide outage in the United States on Wednesday that upset customers, led to some unwanted emergency alerts being sent out, and prevented people from calling or texting. While the outage is over, the impact on Verizon stock is still to come with the company promising account credits.

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Verizon Outage Could Hurt VZ Stock

Verizon customers were unable to use text, voice or data services for hours on Wednesday, leading to complaints across the country.

While outages can have big consequences for users who rely on their phones for work, need them for emergencies, or for digital purchases throughout the day, for most customers, the outage will go down as an inconvenience.

Outages and inconveniences often have repercussions for companies. Sometimes this means customers leave, and other times it means providing credits to keep customers happy.

"The outage has been resolved," ...