Giffgaff outages and service status in Essex, England

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, 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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Giffgaff Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Xynthymr (@Xynthymr) reported 5 minutes ago

  I've been an @O2 customer for over 20 years, but these latest mid-contract price hikes are unsustainable. Only reason I even have a SIM is because of 2FA, otherwise I would go SIM-free Wi-Fi only. I'll probably be switching to @giffgaff or @LebaraMobileUK soon. Well done, #O2!

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  Mark 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ (@TheBossnME) reported 6 minutes ago

  @virginmedia @giffgaff @Telefonica Virgin Media are 💯 with prompt online support. Always have been. I'm not sure any of the others will reply, at all...

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  TheDePINCat 🐈🌐 (@TheDePINCat) reported 7 minutes ago

  .@giffgaff have generally been good (10 years+ a subscriber). For the past few days, I have been unable to send texts from my UK number. I had to go onto a forum to diagnose what I thought was a device problem. Reset my network settings (no help). And then back top the forum to find a coverage map. Ideally, giffgaff would send alerts to impacted areas so we are aware with this information. And, with connectivity being fundamental to everything we do in the digital world, communication should be treated as high priority as a burst water pipe or gas leak. This is why community-owned networks are so crucial. There is an extra level of care and concern when the issue directly impacts you.

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  The ghost of Mughals past🔻🍉🍁 (@FridoKala) reported 12 minutes ago

  Got a 3rd phone from giffgaff to replace the refurb that I purchased over a year ago. This one doesn't work either. I think I am done trying to get a working phone from them and am just going to change provider. Do not buy refurbished phones from giffgaff.

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  Matt (@MattskiMK) reported 14 minutes ago

  @PeterCrouchPod got me thinking! My loyalty to @VodafoneUK is being abused. Their charge increase is #phoneshithousery & for a 5 phone family with me being 20 years in maybe time for a change #onenetworkplayer 3 phones out of contract - where do i go? Is @giffgaff the solution?

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  Mark 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ (@TheBossnME) reported 14 minutes ago

  @virginmedia @giffgaff @Telefonica Virgin Media are 💯 with prompt online support. Always have been. I'm not sure any of the others will reply, at all...

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  giffgaff (@giffgaff) reported 24 minutes ago

  @Kari_Casanova29 If he is having issues with the most recent update he will need to reply to the agents through the case and let them know, Karina. This isn't something we can investigate further through social media unfortunately - giffgaff Jade

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  Mark Bailey (@lanlith) reported 24 minutes ago

  @PaulOBrien O2 got it and Plusnet. Giffgaff not and not 3 here! Half my family wiped out in a real emergency 😝

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  Mark 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ (@TheBossnME) reported 25 minutes ago

  @virginmedia @giffgaff @Telefonica gifgaff, who are part of O2, who now work with Virgin Media. All part of Telefonica (and Liberty Global). A FOI request detailing how network coverage map data is recorded, updated, and published would be interesting to see. It seems to be very different from reality.

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  Steviedibbs (@restorersteve2) reported 26 minutes ago

  @O2 your app isn’t working properly. I’ve made 3 attempts to upgrade this evening. “Oops something went wrong” has been your response each time. Please fix it, giffgaff is becoming very tempting.