MIAMI (WSVN) - Several Verizon Wireless customer reported an outage on their lines Tuesday afternoon. They reportedly couldn’t make any calls or text messages.

DownDetector.com reports most of Florida was experiencing issues with the network.

Verizon Wireless told 7News they looked into it and released a statement saying, “Verizon Wireless experienced an interruption in voice service for some customers throughout Florida today. The outage lasted approximately 2.5 hours. Engineers were able to identify and resolve the issue promptly and service was restored by 7:40 PM EST.”