What's wrong with O2?

What's wrong with O2?

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james_tigerwoods

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16,287 posts

196 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Couldn't find a thread on this - O2 data seems to be down UK wide, but can't see any reason why anywhere... Anyone here know more detail beyond this:

O2 Said said:
We’re aware that our customers are unable to use data this morning. One of our third party suppliers has identified a global software issue in their system which has impacted us. We believe other mobile operators around the world are also affected. Our technical teams are working with their teams to ensure this is fixed as quickly as possible. We’d encourage our customers to use Wifi wherever they can and we apologise for the inconvenience caused.
JTW

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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My missus has a giffgaff SIM for when she's in the UK and it isn't working either, apparently. Quite annoying when you rely on WhatsApp / Skype to keep in touch when not in the same country!

mr_spock

3,340 posts

214 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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I'm betting Huawei turned it off once they realised O2 is removing all their kit from the EE/Orange network smile

boyse7en

6,671 posts

164 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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O2, Giff Gaff and Tesco Mobile networks are affected. Software issues are being blamed.


Ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Service on 02 is so st it took me a few hours to even realise there was a problem.

Useless network.

Never you mind

1,507 posts

111 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Live scenes at some data center


LivingTheDream

1,753 posts

178 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Speculation on my part but it smacks of an overnight upgrade/patch/software release that hasn't been tested properly and hasn't got a roll back plan


Never you mind

1,507 posts

111 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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LivingTheDream said:
Speculation on my part but it smacks of an overnight upgrade/patch/software release that hasn't been tested properly and hasn't got a roll back plan
BT did the same to us the other day. Router upgrade took out all our prod network. Nice smile

alorotom

11,908 posts

186 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Global software failure apparently

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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mr_spock said:
I'm betting Huawei turned it off once they realised O2 is removing all their kit from the EE/Orange network smile
That and the fact the CFO has been arrested in Canada and is set to be extradited to the US... She's the daughter of the founder and chairman.

james_tigerwoods

Original Poster:

16,287 posts

196 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Took me a while to work out that there was a problem - I assumed it was an "O2 has cut me off again" problem.

The blame has shifted to "third parties" though...

chris4652009

1,563 posts

83 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Never you mind said:
Live scenes at some data center

rofl

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Ft says Ericsson

https://www.ft.com/content/778469aa-f934-11e8-af46...

The issue related to Ericsson equipment, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. The Swedish company is also a supplier to SoftBank in Japan.

A spokesman for Ericsson declined to comment. O2 did not name the supplier but confirmed it was not Huawei, the Chinese company whose chief financial officer was arrested in Canada on Saturday.

Russ T Bolt

1,686 posts

282 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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mr_spock said:
I'm betting Huawei turned it off once they realised O2 is removing all their kit from the EE/Orange network smile
What has O2 got to do with the EE network ? Or have I misunderstood your post.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

236 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Seems to be taking some time to fix.

I have a telecare system running on O2 and it went down at 04:45 this morning and is still not back up.

Tyre Smoke

23,018 posts

260 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Russ T Bolt said:
mr_spock said:
I'm betting Huawei turned it off once they realised O2 is removing all their kit from the EE/Orange network smile
What has O2 got to do with the EE network ? Or have I misunderstood your post.
The only VERY tenuous link is that BT and Securicor started BT Cellnet that became O2 that neither company has any interest in now, because O2 is Telefonica od Spain isn't it? And EE/Orange is wholly owned by BT.

So, nothing.

james_tigerwoods

Original Poster:

16,287 posts

196 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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JPJPJP said:
Ft says Ericsson

https://www.ft.com/content/778469aa-f934-11e8-af46...

The issue related to Ericsson equipment, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. The Swedish company is also a supplier to SoftBank in Japan.

A spokesman for Ericsson declined to comment. O2 did not name the supplier but confirmed it was not Huawei, the Chinese company whose chief financial officer was arrested in Canada on Saturday.
Seems odd that this is a global fault - You'd have thought an upgrade would be done on a region-by-region basis...

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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Every time my missus sends me an SMS, I get 3!

Robertj21a

16,475 posts

104 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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BrabusMog said:
Every time my missus sends me an SMS, I get 3!
I just got the same text 8 times.

hurstg01

2,909 posts

242 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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I've still got no 3G or 4G (GU21 postcode)