Numerous internet-users on the East Coast reported problems accessing popular apps like Gmail, Slack, Zoom, and YouTube on Tuesday, throwing a wrench in attempts to work or attend school from home amid the pandemic. The cause of the outage is unclear so far.

Downdetector, a crowd-sourced site which tracks tech problems, reported spikes in issues with Verizon, Gmail, Zoom, YouTube, and cloud provider Amazon Web Services, all concentrated on the East Coast. 

On Twitter, which many were still able to access, users reported the problems in real time, with some suspecting the root was Verizon Fios high-speed internet. 

“PWCS is aware of internet connection problems with Verizon FIOS impacting students and staff,” Prince William County Public Schools, in Virginia, posted on Tuesday morning.

“Verizon’s Internet is out on the east coast and my whole office is down,” wrote another Twitter user. 

Verizon did not respond to a request for comment. 

Others joked online that the outage meant a break from the tedium of round-the-clock digital work.

“We’re free!!!" wrote the New York Times’s Tim Herrera.