We're getting reports that EE's suffering a data outage across the country, with customers on the 4G EE network (not T-mobile or Orange for now), being hit with no data access. Is this happening to you? Read More >>
Featured comment by lolhotdog:
"Yeah wireless strength is poor compared to my old S3 :/
Worth getting it RMA'd? From what I can tell some people have had up to three replacements ..." More »
Microsoft's Outlook.com email service suffered a massive 16-hour outage yesterday, which saw users unable to access parts of SkyDrive, Hotmail, and Outlook, too. Microsoft has revealed that it was a result of a mischievous firmware upgrade — which caused "a rapid and substantial temperature spike in the datacentre". Read More >>
Featured comment by zerobob:
"If I was Microsoft I'd just put it down to computing and networking being extremely complex, buggy and unreliable. It's just a fact." More »
I'm not sure why, but Natwest and RBS aren't exactly doing a stand-up job of, well, standing up. Both banks had their cards, cash machines, online, and phone banking go tits-up last night. Apparently loads of people had their cards swallowed by ATMs and everything, but did you even notice? Read More >>
Featured comment by Mack:
"Nope - use HSBC, not owned by the government, very few issues and good at sorting them when there are. Never heard anyone say anything positive about ..." More »
Oh my God, I can hardly believe it. We all woke up this morning to find that the Apple Store is down! Who knows what's coming -- probably absolutely nothing. Unlike other companies, Apple has to take its store offline to change anything, so it's probably just maintenance. But maybe there's some sort of revolutionary new thing coming, or maybe even an apology for making such a botch-up of iOS 6.1? We can only hope. [Apple] Read More >>
Featured comment by Longfellow:
"I think in addition doing the updates the way they do is meant to give the impression that it takes more effort to do it, along with the wording imply..." More »
RIM's really not helping itself here, or is it Vodafone's fault? No one seems to know. All we do know is that BlackBerry users on Vodafone across Europe, Africa and Asia, including the UK, are having issues. No push email, no web, no nothing. Great. [Reuters, Twitter] Read More >>
Featured comment by ian1175:
"It keeps putting the nails in its own coffin don't it? After the failure that is gonna be blackberry 10, RIM will either adopt android or just go comp..." More »
It looks like O2's network is down for both data and calls for some people. It seems it's limited to certain phone numbers and not region specific, so you might be one of a very unlucky minority, or one of the fortunate majority, if you're trying to dodge a call from your boss that is. Read More >>
Yesterday, everyone's go-to online source for free information (cited or not) was knocked offline for a couple of hours, thanks to a bunch of accidentally cut cables near a data centre in Florida. Read More >>
Oh dear, it looks like it's really not a good time to be a Natwest or Nationwide customer. After the debacle Natwest had last month, its debit cards and online banking are borked again, while Nationwide saw over 700,000 people hit with bank account-emptying duplicate payments. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jon D:
"My online banking is working fine. I couldn't get in for the last week, but that was my fault because I messed up entering my "super secure password" ..." More »
O2 suffered a serious network outage that ran over two days last week, cutting 100,000s of users off from their mobile data, text and calling fix. To say sorry, every O2 customer is going to get a £10 voucher, plus those who were directly affected by the cock-up are going to get 10 per cent back on their bill. Read More >>
Featured comment by lsb143:
"I'm proud that o2 have been generous enough to give this to everyone. They didn't have to give this to anyone. But since they have offered it I want t..." More »
O2 sure has had a fun few days, with up to a third of customers being hit with the blackout and many customers have lobbed complaints at them, but it seems like the network provider could escape legal trouble completely due to a couple of carefully written statements in the terms of service. Read More >>
The recent O2 outage may very well be fixed now, but according to the Sun, criminals tagged with a probationary curfew may have been able to roam around freely whilst the network suffered from nationwide problems. Read More >>
Featured comment by grovestreet:
"G4S, are those the same clowns who the police officers told me were running the organization of the Jubilee celebrations??" More »
Yep, O2's been suffering through a serious network issues for the last 24 hours or so; no data, no texts, no voice -- that's pretty much you cut off. Thankfully it's now all fixed, but in the meantime it's given us a master class of how to deal with the public and Twitter abuse. Read More >>
Featured comment by ispy:
"totally agree. almost any interruption of services from an outside organisation could impair your business or personal life. the variations are almos..." More »
It seems O2's not the only one having outage issues of late, the BBC of all places was down last night too, with both the main site and iPlayer being yanked offline. The BBC going down, O2 borked, and the main road from Heathrow into London shut -- looks like we're truly ready for the Olympics. Read More >>
Oh dear, O2's massive outage is rolling over into its second day and there's currently no definite timescale for a full fix. Apparently the issue is being caused by a central network fault, which prevents people's phone numbers registering on the network. O2's managed to restore its 2G network, so if you're on O2, disable your 3G for the time being. Slow data is better than no data. Read More >>
If you're struggling to make calls or grab data and you're on O2, it's because the network is suffering from an on-going outage across parts of its network. Unfortunately that means it's going to be a bit random whether your phone works or not; here in central London it's being intermittent. Read More >>
Featured comment by beckisback:
"You are correct, without fb i can live but I actually use it for work and It's very difficult to get around without my phone (i'm a IT engineer) so fo..." More »