O2 network down, anyone else effected?

Wifes Tesco mobile down, limited network availabilty. Lots on news website about it, interestingly my o2 work phone is ok. Bbc website not working either.
Given the number of IT experts on here, someone must know something about whats going on?

It seems to be all over the UK, but no pattern as some are working and some are not.

Mine has been down since about 4pm.

Googled some of the forums, seems to be quite a few problems.

yep, all over twitter

My O2 phone is fine but the wife’s is playing up on the same network.

I’d originally put it down to it being one of those shonky android things! 😈

here too.

Cant figure why mine works and wifeys doesn’t.
Is it the customer database thats knackered rather than individual masts?

OK here but took ages to connect

Same here mine is down, but the GF’s is still working fine.

Oh, I’m on Tesco.

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Pies.

Oh well. nevermind at least STW is up and running! 😉

Yep, mine has been down for a few hours now. GF’s is connected but can’t make any calls.

It’s in the (IT) news: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/11/o2_giffgaff_network_issues/

Borked here too…

Has the network been reserved for Olympic use?

Updates;

http://status.o2.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/tescomobile

My O2 phone is fine, wife has had problems on GiffGaff. Interestingly though, GiffGaff broke the news to their customers on their website hours before O2 did.

sons giffgaff down as well

My Tesco mobile is also down.

Hi I’m in Italy been down all week , was wondering why had no service, cheers

We are both on O2.

My iPhone4 is fine and getting a signal.

Her iPhone4S is getting no service.

Go figure.

Please be aware that we have been notified of a service issue with the O2 mobile network which started to occur at 1:30pm today. This is affecting the ability to make calls and use data services across the UK. Therefore access to e-mail synchronisation on smart phones and Internet access via 3G modems may experience intermittent service.

Further updates can be found via the below website.

http://status.o2.co.uk/

Funny thing is that this happened to the Orange network in France on Friday.

[Tinfoil hat] Are our lizard overlords trying to tell us something?[\Tinfoil hat]

Yep, me too. Strangely it started off with me being able to make calls but not recieve them, but now I can’t do anything.

Cant wait to leave the shitty network

I might be affected but no real desire to make a phone call desperately.

Little comfort I know but they are doing everything they can to fix it,,

Carbon,, bit of an over reaction?

on and off all this afternoon.

First the Banks and now mobile co.s and no-one sure how to fix them…

I’m wondering if someone’s having some hacking fun?

Just got a text, therefore back on?…..

DrP

brooess – Member

First the Banks and now mobile co.s and no-one sure how to fix them…

I’m wondering if someone’s having some hacking fun?

If you’re referring to RBOS, definately not a hack, that was just good old fashioned incompetence.

Nothing to do with all the Chinese network equipment their installing………… Honest. said the bloke who works on phone networks… Probably

I’m fine and my wife’s phone is fine as well…Vodafone and Orange…which is surprising!

Joking aside (yes, that was an attempt at humour!), got a few mates who are on O2 and they all seem to be humped…

Wifes 02 iphone been poo for a week now. She was hoping for a new phone

Ahh .. thanks

In central london, not working with Tesco (02)
Thought my phone / sim was knackered

RNC software upgrade responsible for the outage I have been informed.

aaahhh thats what it was, my o2 contract phone has been playing up last couple of days.

Mine is ok. Wifes is fecked…and she’s on call. They can ring the house phone if someone is dying I suppose.

Would this result in my jesusphones battery being more horrendous than usual ? I might care then …

Major egg on faces all round at O2 HQ tomorrow – total screw up on their part.

Would this result in my jesusphones battery being more horrendous than usual ? I might care then …

Yes. It (as with other phones) will rinse the battery trying to search for a signal.

[conspiracy theory]
Do O2 not provide mobile phone service to the police (and presumably security services)? and have some arrangement in place to throttle back the public network in the event of a major incident etc?

so either they are testing this before the olympics

or there has been an incident we aren’t being told about

or there has been some sort of attack on the system to render it useless so that an attack can take place with better effect
[/conspiracy theory]