Giffgaff

Giffgaff Outage Report in 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 Essex, England

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

Giffgaff Outage Chart in Essex, England 02/03/2026 04:30

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Wi-fi (50%)

    Wi-fi (50%)

  2. Phone (20%)

    Phone (20%)

  3. Internet (17%)

    Internet (17%)

  4. Total Blackout (12%)

    Total Blackout (12%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. TV (%)

    TV (%)

Community Discussion

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Giffgaff Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • bigwows The Marvellous Muttdini 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔰💜🤍💚 (@bigwows) reported

    @cosmiclandmine Avoid EE. Vodafone are so-so. GiffGaff are good with a flexible, no contract model (tho an O2 MVNO), provided you can get a decent signal - it’s woeful here.

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

    @manansaddique It sounds like the phone itself is locked to a certain network, Mannan. We would recommend contacting the retailer directly, to query this further - giffgaff Jade

  • jquinnink Jamie Quinn (@jquinnink) reported

    @JayPalmer17 @giffgaff Did you manage to find a fix?

  • Mykiel_B MikeKAB (@Mykiel_B) reported

    @DelphineMusic @giffgaff I use my iPad Air with a giffgaff sim and it works great. Mine actually installed the carrier profile automatically. Do you have the latest iOS first and foremost? If not update that first. Then go to Settings~General~Reset~Reset network settings then pressing See if that works.

  • manansaddique Mannan Saddique (@manansaddique) reported

    @giffgaff just popped my sim into my new phone (pixel 6 pro) and i dont get calls or sms or data. The phone detects the sim but says “unavailable”. Any help

  • steven_ncl StevenNCL (@steven_ncl) reported

    @SirRtHonSimonV1 @EE well yeah and it's unlocked which means if SMARTY doesn't work for me I will try GiffGaff (who I have for my work phone) or someone else

  • berniemc0161 Simon (@berniemc0161) reported

    @giffgaff is the top up service faulty topped up account twice in two days and shows no credit. But, the history shows the two credits have been made to the account. Any ideas?

  • JamesSwiftDay James Day (@JamesSwiftDay) reported

    @MattKamen Giffgaff is pretty great, their goody bags get pretty cheap if you’re not a heavy data user. Unlimited calls and texts. Only problem I ever had was when the O2 network went down that one time.

  • razzmadazzled Kat o’lantern ↯ 🎃 (@razzmadazzled) reported

    @ikarusvicious O2 are **** according to my friend whenever they travel they never get signal ever and the internet is always slow but i’m not gunna shame anyone who uses a network i just personally never seen someone use giffgaff 0.o

  • mike_mcgrail Mike McGrail (🥃🎬 ) Whisky Marketer (@mike_mcgrail) reported

    @giffgaff hi, I got a new phone (unlocked pixel 6), but it won't work on the network, asks me to login to giffgaff, I do that, but no joy...