Freeview outages and service status in Waterbeach, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Waterbeach, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Waterbeach, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Live Outage Map Near Waterbeach, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Cambridge, and Newmarket.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Cambridge	Wi-fi	22 hours ago
Cambridge	TV	2 days ago
Cambridge	TV	2 days ago
Cambridge	TV	3 days ago
Cambridge	TV	4 days ago
Cambridge	TV	4 days ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Waterbeach, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Waterbeach and nearby locations:

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  Mick Brown (@Lord_Drainlid) reported 39 minutes ago from Cambridgeshire, England

  @MrCoolHandLuke @PairoMayniaq @Telegraph Much of the country can't and will never get Freeview or full fibre broadband. In future it will be the same with 4G and 5G and whatever comes next.

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  Jan Payne 🎼⛪♿ (@elymusic1) reported 47 minutes ago from Histon, England

  Nooooo just lost our TV signal in the middle of @TheRepairShop Christmas programme. Freeview signal out across much of Cambs but until this minute we'd been ok. Thank heavens for iPlayer so we can see the rest later.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  LaraInTheMiddle (@LaraInTheMiddle) reported 7 minutes ago

  Mother has been settled into the respite home and will now be able to watch crap TV to her heart’s content without me having to explain for the hundredth time how to work freeview on the iPad

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  Jennifer Thetford-Kay (@JenKteach) reported 12 minutes ago

  Terrestrial television, received through an aerial, often known as Freeview, is under serious threat of being scrapped. Within months the Government will decide whether to turn off terrestrial signals and rely solely on internet-based TV (IPTV) in the future. This would mean that every household would be forced to take out an expensive fixed broadband contract if they wished to continue watching their favourite TV programmes. Radio reception and signals for emergency services could also be put at risk. Millions of older and disabled people, and those on low and modest incomes, would lose their essential access to TV to keep them in touch with the world and to prevent isolation and loneliness. Lynette, aged 80, who lives in Kent, says: “Free Terrestrial TV is essential for me – whether it’s for entertainment, the news or even learning new things from magazine shows. I don’t want to be choosing apps and making new accounts, I don’t want a screen that pops up with the TV trying to work out what I want to watch. I’ve tried watching television programmes online with family members, and they stop part way through with a whirling circle and then an error message appears. I tried a streaming service and didn’t like it. It is time-consuming and irritating trying to work out where I want to be, to remember the sequence of clicks, with hieroglyphics instead of words. If I make a mistake I have to start again. I have more important things to remember than clogging up my memory with unnecessary information. With my TV in my kitchen, and the normal channels through an aerial, I can leave a channel on that I know I like. I’m worried that the government will decide to take that away from me and others, who either don’t like, can’t afford or can’t use online versions”. The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are all working together to convince the Government to take the drastic step of an early transition to IPTV, without any genuine concern about the millions who would lose out from such a move. IPTV would mean the end of a near universal free to air service, currently reaching 98.5% of households, where national moments of celebration and crisis can be shared. Although the Government maintains that it has an open mind, the lobbying of the broadcasters is intense, and elements in the Government want to use an IPTV switchover as a battering ram in forcing the UK population to accept, and pay for, the digital revolution. A recent Government stakeholder consultation exercise to inform the Minister in making his decision was heavily biased in favour of a rushed move to all-IPTV. In contrast, the petitioners do not oppose IPTV in principle but would like to see the current hybrid system, where households can choose between the two systems, or continue with both as a safety net, be maintained for an extended period. This petition, published by Silver Voices with the support of the Digital Poverty Alliance and the Broadcast 2040+ Coalition, calls on the Government to decide in favour of the viewer and pledge to keep Freeview terrestrial TV until at least the mid- 2040s.

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  RichieBourne72 (@Rb84377821) reported 15 minutes ago

  @langerz10 @BBCStokeSport Who ******** has Freeview , I'm at work today and I can't listen to the game cos this lot are to busy blowing smoke up going nowhere stoke cities arses. A disgrace of a nation service

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  Steve Saul (@StevenSaul) reported 18 minutes ago

  @jonoread I switched to Sky Stream from Virgin last year. Don’t miss the lack of recording now. Took a while to get used to. I have a Freeview recorder should I want to ‘keep’ something or for when internet goes down.

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  George Phillips (@gphillips1945) reported 21 minutes ago

  @HughEdw31897368 A problem for many older people like us whose only programme source is freeview. No internet subscription, mobile network only.

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  Matthew (@PaganOnTour) reported 22 minutes ago

  @AndrewBrazier1 They are ending freeview signal in few years blaming it on 5G attention & focus but they then will use iplayer only and u will pay to sign in like u do with all the rest now, itv will move to pay sign in but this will change the quality and content of what tv they will make 2030

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  Ben Johnson (@BenJohn45874515) reported 23 minutes ago

  @virginmedia why is the sound so terrible tonight? I've been trying to watch Father Brown on U&Drama but it sounds like I'm watching underwater. If I switch over to Freely or Freeview then the sound is fine.

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  casey (@tinyrowlet) reported 25 minutes ago

  @DamonJMorris yes! i'm with freeview and i had to put it on the channel 4 app on my tv via wifi and it's working fine there. must be a satellite problem on their end

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  Sam Gates 1997 (@SamGate360) reported 31 minutes ago

  @bluealoud Poor people had Freeview, working people had Virgin, middle people had Sky and rich people had Apple iMax home cinema room with refreshments bar and heated recliner sofas.

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  4comall (@topselfy) reported 32 minutes ago

  There is the most awful program with the most awful people on it called junk and disorderly on #Freeview. Who on earth pays for and schedules this crap?