A spokesperson for Verizon said the wireless connectivity problems were related to third-party hardware issues.

Reports suggest major outages occurred on the east coast for some Verizon customers. The company says it resolved the issue.

Customers in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest lost internet access briefly before service was restored early Tuesday.

Update: Verizon services have begun to come back online around 4 a.m. on Tuesday. A network issue early this morning disrupted service for some Verizon Fios customers in the Northeast for a short period of time.

Millions of people on the East Coast experienced Verizon Fios internet outages in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The affected area spans approximately 300 miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Richmond,