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BT (British Telecom) service status: outage reports and connection issues

Why is my BT (British Telecom) service not working?

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and e-mail.

Full Outage Map

BT (British Telecom) offers broadband internet, home phone and television service. Internet connections are available through ADSL or BT Infinity branded fibre technology. BT Mobile operates as a MVNO using the EE network. BT Mobile mostly serves professional clients.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of BT (British Telecom) reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

April 21: Problems at BT (British Telecom)

BT (British Telecom) is having issues since 11:00 AM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by BT (British Telecom) users through our website.

  • 63% Internet (63%)
  • 14% Wi-fi (14%)
  • 8% E-mail (8%)
  • 7% Total Blackout (7%)
  • 7% Phone (7%)
  • 1% TV (1%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent BT (British Telecom) outage reports came from the following cities: Newport, London, Bedford, Glasgow, Hammersmith, Walsall, Cranleigh, Milton Keynes, Cwmbran, Gloucester, Blackburn, High Wycombe, Grays, Nottingham, and Salford.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Newport Internet 4 minutes ago
London Wi-fi 27 minutes ago
London E-mail 33 minutes ago
London E-mail 35 minutes ago
Bedford Internet 45 minutes ago
Glasgow Internet 47 minutes ago
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BT (British Telecom) Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Jsm0445
    Josh (@Jsm0445) reported

    @bt_uk i had my bt email account hacked after putting my login details into a spurious email. I regained access to my email by changing the password but I don’t seem to receive emails and emails that say they have been sent don’t get received. How can I rectify this?

  • Marcharris1687
    Marc Harris (@Marcharris1687) reported

    @bt_uk you are actually useless phones are down in our area when we rung you to tell you you were already aware but can't do anything or update you because the team are off until Thursday what sort of bullshit is that you only got one team to deal with issues

  • stevethatch77
    Steve Thatcher (@stevethatch77) reported

    @bt_uk Thanks for the advice but I am not wasting more time, trying to get hold of you. Part of my complaint is the amount of time wasted trying to sort your error out. The onus is on you to show some customer service and have the decency to contact me following my complaint.

  • Farrowmagic
    Andrew Farrow (@Farrowmagic) reported

    @btbusinesscare Any absolute shambles of a business.. No one taking any responsibility, complaint still going since June 24th !!! 5 months…

  • MrAndyMich
    Andy Mich (@MrAndyMich) reported

    @bt_uk I’m absolutely disgusted, in this day & age of phone scams you have people phoning from unsolicited numbers about contract renewal (+44 1438 989233). All the person on the other end of the phone could say was “I promise I work on behalf of BT”. I said I can promise I’m the king of England. Do you see how stupid and dangerous this practice is? I think as a company you desperately need to review this, it’s dangerous and it’s making me think if you can be trusted at all. In this day and age it’s unforgivable to do this in this manner.

  • MedwayHighways
    Medway Highways (@MedwayHighways) reported

    Traffic Alert: Near Malmaynes Hall Farm, Malmaynes Road #Allhallows (A228). 2 way signals currently in place due to emergency @bt_uk repair works.

  • nickinoonoos
    Nix's (@nickinoonoos) reported

    @bt_uk why can we not talk to an operator anymore, dyk how, annoying it is, when no one will pick up the call and you have no WIFi for 5 weeks now and all I get told is "there's a network error" Well sort the issue, you are quick to take payment, which I will be claiming back

  • Farrowmagic
    Andrew Farrow (@Farrowmagic) reported

    @btbusinesscare Any absolute shambles of a business.. No one taking any responsibility, complaint still going since June 24th !!! 5 months…

  • brodypa41649165
    brody parker (@brodypa41649165) reported

    @bt_uk @BTCare tiniest bit of snow and now internet is down, absolute scammers, scam half the country with your £40 for 50mb packages absolutely terrible company youfibre will put u out of business in a few years

  • BillSco747
    Bill Scott (@BillSco747) reported

    @KeoghsLaw @bt_uk @WeAreOpenreach BT invited me to take up fibre Broadband. Openreach damaged my property, this happened over a month ago and BT palmed me off to Openreach who palmed me off to Keoghs. None of them take responsibilty I am an OAP with Heart failure please help.

  • rachelleese84
    Rachel (@rachelleese84) reported

    @bt_uk Thanks. Honestly, my husband has called at least 10 times. We’ve had multiple openreach visits. Each claiming to have fixed it but haven’t. Latest is tomorrow but I have zero confidence it will fix the issue.

  • Dizzylizzie19
    Lizzie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🌹 (@Dizzylizzie19) reported

    @AliIndge @bt_uk Hi, I've tried again but was told it could be up to 10 days to fix

  • lee_johnstone84
    Lee Johnstone (@lee_johnstone84) reported

    Really poor service for existing customers @bt_uk, putting my TV package up and not willing to do anything to keep me with them, @skytv are offering such better deals so looks like ill be joining them

  • Farrowmagic
    Andrew Farrow (@Farrowmagic) reported

    @btbusinesscare Any absolute shambles of a business.. No one taking any responsibility, complaint still going since June 24th !!! 5 months…

  • bassetnormand
    Jane Johnson 💙 OurNHS ❤️🇦🇪🍉 (@bassetnormand) reported

    @melindiscott @clarescastle @btbusinesscare Agree, maximum profit seems to have overwhelmed customer care

  • Farrowmagic
    Andrew Farrow (@Farrowmagic) reported

    @btbusinesscare Any absolute shambles of a business.. No one taking any responsibility, complaint still going since June 24th !!! 5 months…

  • man_savings
    Man Savings (@man_savings) reported

    @btbusinesscare - Could someone call me ref complaint imp-161434053 Currently 1 hour and 20 minutes into and online chat and getting absolutely nowhere.

  • rossdenholm980
    rossdenholm (@rossdenholm980) reported

    @bt_uk no had problems for about a month now in middle of a online game and the broadband starts flashing orange and kicks me

  • ae_parry
    AP Rhondda (@ae_parry) reported

    @btbusinesscare @ofcom The real bad thing is even if I wait the usual hour. I will have to do the same thing next week because the issue never gets resolved.

  • tsfitness2
    Trainstation Fitness (@tsfitness2) reported

    @bt_uk I’ve just tried that generic phone number, after being passed on several times I finally got told that they are experiencing technical outage and to phone back.

  • RichCmiHarris
    Rich Harris (@RichCmiHarris) reported

    @btbusinesscare is your website down? I cannot access invoices.

  • Waldomatt
    Graeme Wallace (@Waldomatt) reported

    @bt_uk could someone contact me please. Having broadband issues and been onto your team all day and nothing has been done.

  • carolhill643
    Carol Hill (@carolhill643) reported

    @CapelLofft Sounds like my work. Conned into renewing our digital landlines with promise of new mobiles for our aging ones for our drivers. once renewed no mobile phones, contact doesnt speak to us and emails unanswered. Absolute rotten service @BTBusiness @btbusinesscare

  • cbehaviourist
    The Canine Behaviourist (@cbehaviourist) reported

    .@bt_uk My broadband is down, my neighbours are fine. My wife needs it for work. No way to contact BT by phone. Fault registered - won't look until next week. Appalling service as usual.

  • Farrowmagic
    Andrew Farrow (@Farrowmagic) reported

    @btbusinesscare Any absolute shambles of a business.. No one taking any responsibility, complaint still going since June 24th !!! 5 months…

  • thfcsimonm
    Simon (@thfcsimonm) reported

    @bt_uk I’ve tried that twice. It takes 20 minutes to get through and then I’m sat on the phone a further half hour while your operatives ‘ look into it ‘ and then promise the problem will be resolved. Each phone call is over an hour !!!

  • BenBonj
    Ben Thompson (@BenBonj) reported

    Isn’t it funny I had no internet issues until @bt_uk offer me to upgrade my package since then it’s been dogshite. Dropping out constantly & buffering when I didn’t take em up on it. Almost as if they’ve slowed it down deliberately to make me upgrade to get more money out of me.

  • Farrowmagic
    Andrew Farrow (@Farrowmagic) reported

    @btbusinesscare Any absolute shambles of a business.. No one taking any responsibility, complaint still going since June 24th !!! 5 months…

  • MrAndyMich
    Andy Mich (@MrAndyMich) reported

    @bt_uk I’m absolutely disgusted, in this day & age of phone scams you have people phoning from unsolicited numbers about contract renewal (+44 1438 989233). All the person on the other end of the phone could say was “I promise I work on behalf of BT”. I said I can promise I’m the king of England. Do you see how stupid and dangerous this practice is? I think as a company you desperately need to review this, it’s dangerous and it’s making me think if you can be trusted at all. In this day and age it’s unforgivable to do this in this manner.

  • jeupham
    John Upham (@jeupham) reported

    @bt_uk My landline (01252) 514372 was restored yesterday (April 9th) by @WeAreOpenreach (thanks!) after not working since March 9th. Who do I contact regarding compensation? @Ofcom Many thanks!