Freeview outages and service status in Shrewsbury, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Shrewsbury, England

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

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Shrewsbury, England

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

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  Alistair Clare (@alistairclare) reported 13 minutes ago from Rodington, England

  The #5g nonsense is awful. People setting fire to masts serving critical communications is madness. The frequency used in 5g has been redeployed from tv / freeview but still considerably lower power. 5g’s only side effect is faster & lower latency mobile internet #5gconspiracy

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  Alex Wright (@koenig_jakob) reported 22 minutes ago from Church Stretton, England

  Hadn't realised rural Freeview was still so terrible compared to in metropolitan areas. I get 80 Freeview channels in Dudley nr Birmingham, Dad gets 21 in South Shropshire! And doesn't even get Sky News which I assumed was on Freeview everywhere.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Selene Mariposa (@Selene_Mariposa) reported 5 minutes ago

  @LillacTyanu This is the most accurate breakdown in the thread, so thank you. You are right, the fee is for live TV, Freeview comes preloaded, and if you never connect the aerial or watch live you do not owe it. They can chase you, but the burden is on them to prove you watched. That nuance is the whole ballgame. The fee leans on people not knowing they already have the exit. You clearly do. 🦋

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  jason_mi7 (@Mi7Jason) reported 6 minutes ago

  @WhichUK For live events,internet speed isn’t everything. For reliability/lowest delay, broadcast still wins: Freeview/satellite first,then cable/TV provider. Fibre streaming is great,but usually behind “live”. 5G/4G/Starlink can work well, but depend more on signal, congestion and load.

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  Gran (@BlackleyGran) reported 9 minutes ago

  @HisenseUK I bought a 55inch tv I had it for 23months all of a sudden I couldn’t get all freeview stations after 4 calls I was told it was my Ariel now I’m left with a heap of crap.

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  Carrie (@IamCarrieagain) reported 9 minutes ago

  @SGV_UK @EdanaThe2nd I think I had something similar in my last flat as I couldn't get a signal for Freeview. It was a Roku stick I plugged into my TV to stream via my broadband

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  Martin Dalton (@martindalton5) reported 10 minutes ago

  @ABridgen This is a government tax on the people. Make the BBC pay pre view via iPlayer with a limited free service of 1 channel on Freeview/freely called BBC Mix

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  Gary Finney Zair (@finneyzair) reported 14 minutes ago

  @inghamjj55 @TheMekon_Venus I pay towards many services out of my tax that I don’t benefit from, but I’m ok doing it because it means others can benefit. Freeview is the biggest digital platform in the U.K. - used by a lot of peoole aged 60, a % of the licence fee helps maintain that service. 1/2

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  x (@sk_tony) reported 15 minutes ago

  @Selene_Mariposa The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to: watch or record TV on any channel - via any TV service (e.g. Sky or Freeview) or watch TV live on any streaming service On any device. You can opt out n if you don’t do the above. So it is not a tax for simply owning a TV

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  Efootball🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Efootballgame1) reported 19 minutes ago

  @ollocoll Bring in food stamps. No car, only able to watch freeview, no internet, family of 5 should only get a 3 bed house and use bunk beds. No holidays. No phone contracts. They get a government issue phone. We need to stop rewarding laziness. People with disabilities can have luxuries.

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  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 22 minutes ago

  Freeview channel 71 That's 20th Century Was switched off at 04:00am on Wednesday 19th August 2026. 1 Technical issue 2 could be sharing with another channel

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  Gary Christian (@GaryChr21501647) reported 24 minutes ago

  @itvfootball What the hell is happening to your freeview HD signal.