( CNN ) -- Many Verizon Wireless customers were unable to access the mobile internet early Wednesday morning because of a network glitch , the company said . The `` technical glitch , '' which occurred during network maintenance , stopped Verizon users from being able to access mobile websites from about 1:40 to 5 a.m . ET on Wednesday , said Jeffrey Nelson , a Verizon Wireless spokesman . The outage affected a `` large part of the country , '' but not all Verizon customers , Nelson said . Verizon users were still able to send and receive data on Verizon 's 3G network , he said , but could not access websites through a phone 's mobile browser . Reports of a `` nationwide '' Verizon outage hit tech blogs and Twitter on Wednesday morning . Engadget had this to say on the subject : . `` We 've heard from a bunch of folks this morning that Verizon 's 3G network is experiencing a slight bout of disconnectedness , causing a great deal of grief and discombobulation around the country . Just sit tight , we 're sure engineers are engineering solutions as we type this , and will update you as soon as things have been rectified . '' Some Twitter users reported losing internet service on their phones . `` Dear # Verizon , please let your customers know if and when a # 3G outage is happening . It would save me the stress of thinking my phone died.. '' wrote one user , named @ bigred89 . Others , however , wrote that they were able to connect to the network without trouble . @ wscato wrote : `` Verizon 3G appears to be back up in Charlotte , NC . '' By mid-morning Wednesday , Verizon was declaring the problem resolved on its customer-support Twitter feed . In response to questions on Twitter , Verizon employees told customers to restart their mobile phones by powering them off and then turning them back on .
Verizon Wireless experiences network problems on Wednesday ##s . Mobile internet is disrupted from 1 to 5 p . m on Wednesday , company says .