Verizon is beginning to see a shift back toward a more typical, pre-pandemic network mix of calls and texts and is seeing more evidence of people leaving home, according to its most recent update.
Handoffs between cell sites are “steadily increasing from the peak of stay-at-home orders,” the carrier said, with handoffs now down only about 19% from normal, compared to being down 35% at that peak.”Mobile handoffs in some areas of the country (Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Kansas and Missouri) are surging higher than a typical pre-COVID day.