O2 struck by nation wide failure!

[Lee]

Daily Mail

O2 hit by nationwide network failure that left 'millions of users' unable to make calls or text this afternoon

Thousands of mobile users across the country could not send or receive calls or texts tonight after O2's network crashed

Thousands of mobile users across the country could not send or receive calls or texts tonight after O2's network crashed.
The problem, which extends across the country, is not affecting all customers, the network said.
Some may also have problems using data services.
A spokesman said they had no information on how many customers were affected and admitted they did not know what was causing the problems or when would be fixed.

He said: 'We are currently seeing a problem on our network affecting some of our customers, who will have difficulty making or receiving calls, sending texts or using data.

'We apologise to those customers who are inconvenienced by this.
'Our engineers are dealing with the problem as a priority and we hope to restore full service as soon as possible.'


The problems began at around 1.30pm for some mobile users, the network said.

BBC television presenter Huw Edwards (@huwbbc), tweeted: '6 hours of non-service and counting, simply not good enough, O2.'

O2 are urging customers to check their Twitter and Facebook feeds for updates - but the company's webpage which displays live information about network coverage has crashed.
One Twitter user, Kelly Jones (@kelly-92), tweeted: 'Having a phone that hardly works usually is annoying, but this whole no signal on o2 all afternoon is beyond irritating.'
Another Bethany Kemp (@Krazy-Kempy), said: 'It's ridiculous, haven't had a signal since 1pm. @O2 you are going to have to do some apologising if you don't want to lose customers.'
While some saw the humorous side, @Gazbelfast tweeting: 'What did one O2 customer say to the other? Nothing.'
O2 have around 23 million customers in the UK.
It is unclear exactly how many have been affected by the problems but a spokeswoman said she estimated it was "thousands" at least.

[Mathew]

A friend was moaning on Twitter about this... good thing I'm with 3!

[iLogan]

Oh for goodness sake I was wondering why I've been on SOS all day

[Mark]

Sucks to be an O2 user, never had a problem with T-Mobile!

[Lee]

This is the first real problem I've experienced with O2 to be fair

[Inseriousity.]

Lol my nana thought her phone was broke. most of my family is with O2 so been tricky for them to ring each other like they normally do. I dont even have a phone lol so hasn't affected me in the slightest.

[Kieran]

Working fine for me and has been all day

[Seikou]

all of my friends are complaining about it since most of them are on o2.. glad i'm with orange haha

[MKR&*42]

Vodafone . In all fairness it's amazing how irritated people have got without proper use of a mobile for a couple of hours aha, shows how dependant we seem to be upon simple technology.

@Gazbelfast tweeting: 'What did one O2 customer say to the other? Nothing.' = Brilliant.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I don't understand why people can't seem to cope without their mobile phones for a few hours, days or even a week.