topic Network outage in Network

Network outage

wae1968 — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:45:26 GMT

My local 3 transmitter (postcode BT92 ***) has been down for the last three weeks. Call centre people keep telling me it’ll be repaired within 7 days, obviously untrue. We have 6 contract handsets and our home internet all running from this mast and now all basically unusable in the local area. Could you please give me some genuine information about a timeframe when this will be sorted or should I consider another provider? I’ve already moved the home internet service over to Vodaphone in order to type this!

Re: Network outage

sc1999 — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 21:52:58 GMT

Hi, the network status checker showed work being done on my mast for 3 months. I was called by a 2nd line engineer who apologised and gave me 7 days credit but could only tell me that they had equipment supply issues. About a week later I had a text that work had been completed. I have no idea what they did as my phone can show H, H+, 3g, 4g and 5g within the space of a few minutes. I am not sure that the people who actually know the time frame for repairs are allowed to speak to the customers. In my area all of the networks have coverage and performance issues which is why I stick with BT and FTTP.

Re: Network outage

richs — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:58:11 GMT

Seems like a recurring theme with these outages, no information, little contact us on the phone, and call staff just refunding money when you do get through in some way. Just want stuff fixed and to be informed. Network status checker is never updated from what I see.

Re: Network outage

JonathanB — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 16:18:30 GMT

Hi @wae1968,

I'm really sorry to hear that you've been experiencing these issues with your connection for the last 3 weeks. We're limited in what info we can share about network faults or maintenance, but I'll private message you so that we can get you in touch with some colleagues that may be able to help.

Thanks,
JonathanB

Re: Network outage

wae1968 — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 22:22:51 GMT

Signal has now improved but still drops out occasionally. How do I access PMs?

Re: Network outage

JonathanB — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:35:44 GMT

Hi @wae1968,

Click on your avatar from the top right of any community page, then "Messages". If you've verfied your email then you also receive an email each time there's a PM sent to your account.

JonathanB