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Giffgaff outages and service status in Leicester, England

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The latest reports from users having issues in Leicester come from postal codes LE3 .

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 Leicester, England

The chart below shows the number of Giffgaff reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Leicester, 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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Live Outage Map Near Leicester, England

The most recent Giffgaff outage reports came from the following cities: Leicester.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Leicester Phone 17 days ago
Loughborough Phone 5 months ago
Leicester Internet 6 months ago
Hinckley Internet 1 year ago

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Giffgaff Issues Reports Near Leicester, England

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

  • rahim94
    Rahim™ 🇬🇧🇲🇦 (@rahim94) reported from Narborough, England

    @plusariworld Also, Giffgaff use O2's network which is decent for coverage, but data speeds aren't as fast as Vodafone or EE

  • jesspetchx
    Jess Petch (@jesspetchx) reported from Hinckley, England

    Having to direct rob from London because he went the wrong way lost gps (stupid giffgaff) and parts of the m1 were shut .. appsolute disaster! 😩

  • shamirmawji
    Shamir Mawji (@shamirmawji) reported from Leicestershire, England

    @giffgaff hello I joined a few months ago as I was getting slow 4G speeds on my previous network. After joining giffgaff it was loads better and now has slowed right up again. Please can you help? When I run a speed test it seems that the speed is capped at under 5mbps!

  • JLewisRUK
    Jamie Lewis Rennie (@JLewisRUK) reported from Leicestershire, England

    @giffgaff I’ve done the complaint and gave them the reference number to the last one.

  • em_doapsi
    Diary of a Painfully Shy Introvert Blog (@em_doapsi) reported from Hinckley, England

    @O2 and giffgaff sort your network out! We can’t use it in Hinckley it won’t work at all! @giffgaff

  • em_doapsi
    Diary of a Painfully Shy Introvert Blog (@em_doapsi) reported from Hinckley, England

    @benno44775 @giffgaff I had to shut my phone down and restart

  • nixjd
    njd (@nixjd) reported from Loughborough, England

    @giffgaff shocking customer service my SIM card has been hacked and taken over, my online banking been rinsed. I am not able to speak to anyone, they have no customer service number. I cannot log in because they have reset my password and they won’t cancel my sim. Shocking ! 😡

  • nixjd
    njd (@nixjd) reported from Loughborough, England

    @giffgaff You have replied on messenger but we are getting nowhere we have been told this could take another 5 days I do not want to open up another SIM card with you I just want the SIM stopped it is in the wrong hands. Your customer service is terrible 😡

Giffgaff Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Jushbo779
    Bobo Li (@Jushbo779) reported

    giffgaff: “We’re different from traditional mobile networks.” They weren’t joking. Most networks take your money and provide a service. giffgaff apparently takes your money and provides a lesson in reading the Fair Usage Policy. Truly innovative. 👏🇬🇧

  • tarafaderin
    MOfad.! (@tarafaderin) reported

    @giffgaff Hello, How long can I keep a giffgaff SIM without recharging it before I lose the SIM & it, been reallocated to another customer please? Thanks.

  • twistedhumanoid
    Leila - レイラ (@twistedhumanoid) reported

    @giffgaff I cancelled in the end. I’ve had zero service and now lost £14. Not very happy honestly. Like getting blood out of a stone. Shocked I don’t even get my money back.

  • lordspencer
    Lord Miles Spencer LLB (@lordspencer) reported

    @giffgaff How long to fix mast near SO17 ? Ive been without service for 27 HOURS now

  • TheGrumpasaurus
    The Chumpasaurus (@TheGrumpasaurus) reported

    @giffgaff Trying to top up my mum's phone but you **** app has logged me out AGAIN. Can't log on because of the two factor bullshit sending a code to my other phone. You are ******* useless, your app is ******* useless.

  • mmordecai
    Mark Mordecai (@mmordecai) reported

    @giffgaff I am still paying off my refurbished IPhone 14 and the camera is no longer working, have tried lots of different things, apparently it’s a known issue and when I run the serial number through Apple website, they said it has previously been sorted for this

  • lubbocksmith
    Nathan Lubbock-Smith (@lubbocksmith) reported

    @giffgaff our network signal has deteriorated and can’t get signal or use 4g even though there is a little 4g. Can you help? I can’t see how to complain about network being down.

  • TheLuciaGomez
    LuciaLatinaGomez (@TheLuciaGomez) reported

    ugh! how did we all collectively as a society accepted companies in general becoming shittier and shittier while increasing prices? Trying to contact @giffgaff... no phone number, no agents .. Have to wait 24 hrs for a pos reply or "ask the community". WTF AM I PAYING FOR THEN?

  • giffgaff
    giffgaff (@giffgaff) reported

    @KielyFergus Our agents will then get back to him via email as soon as possible to go through account verification to help access the account. - giffgaff Ann 2/2

  • moaningminnie58
    loo58 (@moaningminnie58) reported

    @giffgaff HELP 2 months now renew failed cant login now what?