Tag: outage
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Facebook & Instagram Down: Lizard Squad Not Responsible
Facebook, Instagram and a number of other social services all mysterious dropped out of action around the same time this morning (approx. 6am UK time) causing widespread panic across the internet. Many of those whose online social life had been temporarily disrupted for up to an hour took to Twitter (which was thankfully not affected) […]
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UPDATED: PS4 2.0 Update Rolls out – PSN Goes Down For Some
[UPDATED:] Sony has now acknowledged the PSN issues which have been affecting the PS4 system since update 2.0 went available this morning and PlayStation Community manager Chris Owen reports: “There is a little bit of network instability at the moment, engineers are investigating”. We’re no nearer to knowing a timescale on a resolution to the […]
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eBay Issues ‘Fee Credit’ For Lost Sales During Outage
Following an eBay outage over the weekend the company is sending out emails to some of its sellers informing them of compensation on their fees during the down period. eBay – the online car boot sale turned world’s largest online department store – suffered technical difficulties for at least seven hours on Sunday and potential […]
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Three UK’s 3G mobile network is down for everyone
We awoke this morning to find that we had mobile signal but no mobile internet on the Three network. Odd, we thought. Then at Gadget Helpline HQ we discovered that everyone in the office on Three had the same problem. We’ve spoken to Three who have confirmed that EVERYONE in the UK currently has no […]
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O2 to increase UK pricing by 3.2% in 2013
Well this is lump of coal in our stocking – O2 has announced that they will be increasing their tariff prices for everyone in February of 2013. The increase will see tariffs go up by 3.2% on the monthly bill of every customer in February next year. What’s more, you can’t do anything about it as O2’s […]
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Sony’s PSN Network down for 8 hours due to “scheduled maintenance”
Sony’s PlayStation Network will be down today for users in a scheduled outage for the company to do some tweaking and update the service. The company announced the service outage to its users and has stated that they will be undergoing maintenance today (Monday 3rd December) for an eight hour period. The PSN will be […]
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Now Fixed: BlackBerry users suffer service outage across Europe
Thousands left without access to BlackBerry services…
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U.K Network O2 to Begin Rolling out 10% Refunds & Top-up Bonuses from Saturday
O2 will be compensating its customers for a blackout which effected calling, texts and internet data back in July.
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U.K Network O2 to Begin Rolling out 10% Refunds & Top-up Bonuses from Saturday
O2 will be compensating its customers for a blackout which effected calling, texts and internet data back in July.
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O2 Begins Compensation Over Network Problems – 10% Refund on Monthly Charge With £10 Store Voucher to All Customers
Following the troubles O2 customers suffered last week preventing them from accessing essential services including text messaging, calling and internet, the offending network has today outlined its plan to offer some compensation to what it refers to as an “unprecedented and difficult period”. Announcing its plan via the official blog, O2 apologetically promises that Pay […]
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O2 Problem Affecting U.K Network For a Second Day – Get Your Calls & Texts Back by Turning Off 3G
Many O2 customers including some of our Gadget Helpline Blog team have been experiencing lack of service with making calls and sending and receiving of texts rendered impossible for lengthy periods. The problem is believed to have started yesterday around midday and it seems for a number of network subscribers it’s continuing into today. England, […]
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O2 Problem Affecting U.K Network For a Second Day – Get Your Calls & Texts Back by Turning Off 3G
Many O2 customers including some of our Gadget Helpline Blog team have been experiencing lack of service with making calls and sending and receiving of texts rendered impossible for lengthy periods. The problem is believed to have started yesterday around midday and it seems for a number of network subscribers it’s continuing into today. England, […]