Freeview outages and service status in Athlone, Leinster

Problems in the last 24 hours in Athlone, Leinster

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Athlone, Leinster 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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  🏴‍☠️ Fatchops the Pirate 🦜 (@GluebagPaul) reported 4 minutes ago

  @RightSide_Uk @GBNEWS It's the signal 📡 it happens to me all the time and I've got Sky...so I switch to Freeview and it seems to be abit better.

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  HarvesterStallone (@HarvesterStallo) reported 9 minutes ago

  @internetplague It was SUCH a big issue for me. Spent a lot of time fretting about it. Joined many ‘If this page gets 1 million likes, Sky Sports must keep SSN on Freeview’ pages.

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  Gary Finney Zair (@finneyzair) reported 10 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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  LondonUnity (@londonA84648) reported 14 minutes ago

  @TheGriftReport There are millions of pensioners and older folks who do not have broadband, do not want broadband, would never manage with a new television / apps, and rely on their Freeview television service to stay connected to the outside world Switching off Freeview would effectively be an isolation/ death sentence for many of these people

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  KennyBilly (@KeepingKen) reported 15 minutes ago

  Over 13 million households across the UK currently rely on Freeview - and residents could be forced to fork out an additional £20 monthly and potentially purchase a new television set if the service is discontinued, experts have cautioned.

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  Nicola 💙 (@nikpet1) reported 16 minutes ago

  I’m staying at daughters this week and their internet is down and off until after 9 tonight. How is this going to work when they remove freeview especially for the oldies when it’s there only company in life. Mad idea.

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  Rob (@MrSugden2) reported 20 minutes ago

  @Guyz20051 It's good. There are a more channels than Freeview but, unless you're into obscure topics, you'll never watch them.

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  BENEFITS NEWS (@BENEFITS_NEWS) reported 20 minutes ago

  @aconda_ann I am quite old fashioned as well. I did get a bargain smallish 'internet / smart' TV but no use when freezes or internet cuts off (been happening for years, with no fix). It's on a terrible indoor aerial, so I can't get most Freeview on that one but my fave usual telly: Freeview.

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  'darnstadium' (@darnstadium) reported 20 minutes ago

  There's an interesting problem here. Switching off Freeview would make spectrum available for 5/6G, but at the (enormous) cost of putting all that bandwidth on existing connections. Not least all the perfectly good non-smart TVs that would become E-waste overnight.

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  St.Grumpy (@swerve_dec) reported 22 minutes ago

  Only positive out of tonight is we were that **** on freeview so everyone has seen how bad we are, it is a good thing because now the hierarchy can't ignore that we may need to re-evaluate our transfer strategy #nffc