Broadband & Fibre Altnets
Virgin Media, BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Hyperoptic, Brsk, CityFibre, Zen, YouFibre
Live Active Incidents — Broadband & Fibre Outages
| Provider | Location / District | Affected / Status | Updated / ETR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) |
Ware (SG12)
VoIP: Possible problems with some VoIP calls
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Network Anomaly | 14 Nov 2026 at 11:47 pm GMT |
Monitored UK Providers (52)
Browse Broadband & Fibre Outages by UK Nation & Region
Openreach, Virgin Media, CityFibre & UK Full-Fibre Altnets
UK fixed broadband runs across several overlapping wholesale physical infrastructures. Openreach carries full-fibre (FTTP) and FTTC copper/fibre traffic for BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Plusnet, EE, Vodafone and Zen Internet; Virgin Media O2 / Nexfibre runs independent coaxial DOCSIS and XGS-PON networks; CityFibre wholesales FTTP across more than 285 towns and cities for Vodafone, TalkTalk, Zen and IDNet; while rapid regional altnet builders — including Hyperoptic, Community Fibre, YouFibre, Gigaclear, Brsk, Fibrus, Trooli, Toob and Hull’s KCOM — operate dedicated optical infrastructure.
Diagnosing Street Fibre Outages vs Internal Wi-Fi Faults
- Check the Optical Network Terminal (ONT) LEDs: On FTTP lines, a steady green PON indicator confirms optical sync to the local exchange, while a flashing red LOS (Loss of Signal) warning points to an external broken fibre splice, cabinet fault or street duct issue.
- Distinguish wholesale vs ISP core outages: If neighbours on Sky, TalkTalk and BT in the same outward postcode all lose sync simultaneously, an Openreach exchange or regional duct fault is likely; if only one ISP drops while BGP telemetry shows packet loss on their ASNs, the issue sits inside the ISP’s core routing.
- Ofcom Automatic Compensation Scheme: Customers of participating UK ISPs (BT, EE, Plusnet, Sky, Now, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Utility Warehouse, Zen, Hyperoptic) receive £9.98 per calendar day if a total loss of fixed broadband service is not resolved after two full working days following report.
UK Postcode Granularity & Consumer Remedies
Documenting Broadband Faults for Ofcom Automatic Compensation: Record the timestamp your router loses PPPoE/DHCP sync or the ONT displays a red LOS light, log your ISP fault ticket number, and run an Ethernet test once service flickers back. Qualifying signatories under the Ofcom Automatic Compensation Scheme automatically credit £9.98 per day when total loss persists beyond two full working days from notification.
Use UKOutage tools alongside live feeds: check your operator with Who Is My DNO?, verify mobile host networks on Which Network?, run our UK Speed Test, or calculate statutory claims using the Ofgem Power Cut Calculator and Ofcom Broadband Calculator.