Verizon experienced a 3G nationwide outage last night, but it was fixed. For media coverage, see:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/08/verizon-3g-network-goes-down-nationwide-everybody-panic/
and
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/dTGp-tafyo8/
- Jamie