Giffgaff

Giffgaff Outage Report in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

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Giffgaff is a mobile telephone network running as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator using the United Kingdom O2 network.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Waltham Abbey, England

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

Giffgaff Outage Chart in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England 02/16/2026 15:30

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Giffgaff users through our website.

  1. Wi-fi (42%)

    Wi-fi (42%)

  2. Phone (23%)

    Phone (23%)

  3. Internet (19%)

    Internet (19%)

  4. Total Blackout (14%)

    Total Blackout (14%)

  5. E-mail (2%)

    E-mail (2%)

  6. TV (%)

    TV (%)

Live Outage Map Near Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

The most recent Giffgaff outage reports came from the following cities: Hackney, London, Chigwell and Harringay.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomHackney Phone
United KingdomLondon Internet
United KingdomLondon Total Blackout
United KingdomChigwell Internet
United KingdomLondon Internet
United KingdomLondon Internet

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Giffgaff Issues Reports Near Waltham Abbey, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Waltham Abbey and nearby locations:

  • Love_SE4 @Love_SE4💙 (@Love_SE4) reported from London, England

    @giffgaff Do you know what forget I even asked I'm going into town to get a SIM from a phone shop. At least if it goes wrong there are people to help. You lot are useless you don't need my money anymore. You owe me but I doubt very much I will get anything back

  • ric_mc ric (@ric_mc) reported from Hackney, England

    @giffgaff my network is very poor since yesterday night and today in this morning is not working at all. sometimes I even got no network. using most of the time at Limehouse and Stoke Newton areas. My phone is an iPhone 12 (trying to) using 5G

  • djrowsam DJ Rowland Samuel (@djrowsam) reported from Paddington, England

    @MissyMissyJ I had a similar problem....but it was with Giffgaff (who use the O2 network as well)

  • drneil667 Neil Jackson (@drneil667) reported from Harlesden, England

    @blogmywiki @giffgaff I’ve had the same problem since Saturday. I’m in North West London , so not the mast.

  • macqueendan Daniel MacQueen (@macqueendan) reported from Tottenham, England

    @giffgaff I keep running out of credit on my monthly pay as you go plan. Auto top up was enabled leading to x2 charges now my account has run out for the third time. Wifi is turned on, HELP please

  • GracialNation gracialnation (@GracialNation) reported from Hackney, England

    @giffgaff my SIM in my dongle says I’m connected but my laptop is saying the network can’t be joined. It just stopped working a few days ago and now just won’t join!

  • AkpaluGeorge George Akpalu (@AkpaluGeorge) reported from London, England

    Giffgaff is so slow and keeps breaking

  • Muvaharris meg (@Muvaharris) reported from London, England

    I have a very important call and giffgaff decide to go down now? Have no signal whatsoever! Always having problems! Absolute joke @giffgaff

  • CoronaSinger 🍎Corona🍎******🍎(****/****) (@CoronaSinger) reported from Stratford, England

    @giffgaff I have recieved my replacement sim as my old sim was broke and I have activated the new sim but I still can't make or recieve calls and texts could you tell me how long this is going to take please as I am disabled and need my phone in case of an emergency thank you

  • ric_mc ric (@ric_mc) reported from Hackney, England

    @giffgaff Morning! I just pop up a new 5G plan on my iPhone 12 but seems it’s not working for me even after I have set to work on 5G on my phone settings

  • till_the_wheels 𝕵𝖚𝖌𝖘 (@till_the_wheels) reported from London, England

    @O2 @Joegreaney Hi I'd just like to add that this is a problem for everyone on 02 and giffgaff in that area and it's because a mast in hither green has been down for 2 years and these crooks hate you enough to ignore it.

  • PaulGrayburn PG tweets (@PaulGrayburn) reported from Romford, England

    @DanJay946 @EE @ThreeUK @giffgaff You know they use the O2 network. You’d get a better performance with them instead of giffgaff.

  • CWMcGinnes CW McGinnes (@CWMcGinnes) reported from London, England

    @giffgaff trying to activate a sim for my mum, payment isn't being accepted. Can you please help

  • Mr_MartinCalder Mr Martin Calder (@Mr_MartinCalder) reported from Walthamstow, England

    @EE Giffgaff has unlimited everything for £35 and even that is very expensive and crazy for the price in the current day’s we are living networks need to help their customers

  • Maliwil RAVEAUD Emmanuel (@Maliwil) reported from London, England

    @giffgaff Oh thanks so much, only one solution refund my money back on 5 days, so I don't have a phone for a new week. Thanks @dpd_support for your perfect work ... So know you are going to give me a new phone 🤬😤

  • sofiloco Sofi Summers (@sofiloco) reported from Hackney, England

    @giffgaff hi Giff Gaff 👋🏼 my husband is having problems with his data - it’s not working at all. We’re in N1 London. Is it down?

  • EdoreFaine Cr£am (@EdoreFaine) reported from London, England

    How comes everyone with #giffgaff never answer the #phone #London #voicemail 🤨

  • jordanrevell Jordan Revell (@jordanrevell) reported from Camden Town, England

    @SkyHelpTeam I've had internet dropouts for the past 3-4 days, up to 4 times per day, plus dropouts often in the last year. It nearly jeopardized my life changing doctors appointment held over zoom today, often times my giffgaff 4g mobile data is faster, I need a solution.

  • JelllyBeaan Gezza (@JelllyBeaan) reported from Romford, England

    @giffgaff hi team is it possible to have some help in regards to my account?

  • TronalddumpUS Tronald Dump. (@TronalddumpUS) reported from London, England

    @giffgaff your network in #blackheath is atrocious. I get better signal sitting on a beach in Botswana, what's up with that?

Giffgaff Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • SamanthaEccle10 Samantha Eccles (@SamanthaEccle10) reported

    @giffgaff is giffgaff down? I have no service

  • lustsierra_ 𝕾𝖎𝖊𝖗𝖗𝖆 💕 (@lustsierra_) reported

    @giffgaff I have no service on my phone even tho I just restarted my phone and I’m in the middle of town

  • giffgaff giffgaff | The mobile network run by you (@giffgaff) reported

    @scotdavid63 Hi David. It can take up to 24 hours from activation for your new SIM services to be fully up and running. During this time we recommend that you reboot your phone off and on again a few times, to help speed this up - giffgaff Jade

  • giffgaff giffgaff | The mobile network run by you (@giffgaff) reported

    @mistakenotmy Oh dear, we understand how concerning this must be. To try and get this issue resolved, we would recommend updating the app on your phone to the latest version - giffgaff Megan

  • Yorksims John Woods (@Yorksims) reported

    @TazRyder @giffgaff On the login page you should be able to switch the option for the 2FA code from SMS to email.

  • jaxon6661_ J A X *・῾ ᵎ⌇ ⁺◦ 💮 ✧.* (@jaxon6661_) reported

    Hey @giffgaff I’ve just spent £20 on a topup voucher and went to top up on the website a £15 goodybag but it’s just took money from my bank account not my credit balance?! Now I’m £35 down for £15 worth of credit?!

  • SpeedbirdFan A Happy Speedbird Fan (@SpeedbirdFan) reported

    @giffgaff Hi there - have an issue with my father's giffgaff account and (bless him) he can't remember his sign in details... Any chance of some help?

  • dawnmarshall69 Dawn (@dawnmarshall69) reported

    @1BenBaller @giffgaff Tried everything, but I’ve been told there is a mast that isn’t working correctly and engineers are working on it but no idea how long it will take to fix, a few at work who have giff gaff are planning on changing networks if it lasts much longer , but for now I’ll keep giffgaff

  • giffgaff giffgaff | The mobile network run by you (@giffgaff) reported

    @lowthaaa We've just been made aware that there's an issue when using the app. Can you please re try using the browser. - giffgaff Tasbiya

  • muhammadujavai1 muhammad u javaid (@muhammadujavai1) reported

    @giffgaff Yes I did and still no help , so tired I’m thinking of giving up on giffgaff