O2 outage: 31m mobile customers unable to get online(theguardian.com) |
O2 outage: 31m mobile customers unable to get online(theguardian.com) |
This is, by far, the worst cell outage I've seen in the UK. There is zero connectivity via O2 in e.g. London, data or otherwise.
[1] https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/o2-network-down-ericss...
FM radio was about the only thing working. Thank you cheap nokia!
I have an iPhone now which is devoid of an FM radio but carry a multiband VHF transceiver with me most of the time now as that can pick up FM and do comms on 2m (I have an amateur radio license as well).
> We believe other mobile operators around the world are also affected.
Anyone else affected?
Once you get on the page:
We're really sorry but this system is currently
experiencing some technical problems.
Our engineers have been notified, so please check back
later.https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2018/12/update-on...
Luckily, there's WiFi at home, at work, and on the trains, so it's not really affecting me too much, but I'd really like to see the postmortem of such a huge outage.
If you're in the US: http://www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio
Anywhere else, check your local society. It's quite easy to get into and not particularly expensive. Less than $100 including a cheap handheld radio as a starting point.