Zoom Down In Culver City?: Widespread Outage

Los Angeles CA

24 August, 2020

1:21 PM

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CULVER CITY, CA — Videoconferencing behemoth Zoom is deploying a fix after widespread outages were reported in the U.S. and U.K., The Verge reports. The Bay area company has issued updates throughout the morning. As of 9:37 a.m. PT Zoom said it had "resolved the issue causing users to be unable to start and join Zoom Meetings and Webinars." "Users are now also able to sign up for paid accounts, upgrade, and manage their service on the Zoom website. We are currently monitoring to ensure that these services are operational." Zoom first confirmed the outage at 5:51 a.m. PT. In a post on the website, the company acknowledged receiving "reports of users being unable to visit the Zoom website (zoom.us) and unable to start and join Zoom Meetings and Webinars." Everything should be working properly now! We are continuing to monitor the situation. Thank you all for your patience and our sincere apologies for disrupting your day.— Zoom (@zoom_us) August 24, 2020 Millions of people rely on Zoom for both work and distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some of the responses on Twitter: Well this is going to make the first day of virtual school challenging.#zoom https://t.co/UDXy6R1z9N— Alexis Zotos (@alexiszotos) August 24, 2020 The US: Goooood morrrrrning, Zoom!#Zoom: pic.twitter.com/loF9HqcyTv— Over it all... again (@Jen_Berry214) August 24, 2020 Me waiting for zoom to work so I can actually go to class #zoom pic.twitter.com/wKdgCKVGM1— Muriel Fayemi (@murielf427) August 24, 2020 bro i showered and everything #zoom pic.twitter.com/ghQ6m1v44F— isabelle (@isabellecollum) August 24, 2020 - Patch Editors Gideon Rubin and Nicole Charky contributed to this report. See more: Man Stabbed To Death By Acquaintance In VeniceOne Killed On Venice Boulevard On-Ramp To The 405 FreewaySanta Monica Post Office Mail Collection Box Removed