CONNECTION ERROR - (Merged Threads )

It has nothing to do with the provider obviously since it happens on multiple providers. I have Verizon and I've been hit with the "checking for updates" killshot also. Hopefully somebody can fix this so we don't all lose the tons of hours and/or money playing this awesome game. Very frustrating as it has been happening for many months with different phones & different providers and we keep getting blamed for it instead of finding out the problem.