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O2 Outage Report in Wigan, England

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Users are reporting problems related to: phone, internet and total blackout.

O2 is the commercial brand of Telefónica UK Limited offering mobile phone and mobile internet service, including voicemail and SMS. With over 25 million customers, O2 runs 2G, 3G and 4G networks across the UK. O2 previously offered home broadband service.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Wigan, England

The chart below shows the number of O2 reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Wigan and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

O2 Outage Chart in Wigan, England 01/28/2026 13:35

January 28: Problems at O2

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by O2 users through our website.

  1. Phone (50%)

    Phone (50%)

  2. Internet (31%)

    Internet (31%)

  3. Total Blackout (13%)

    Total Blackout (13%)

  4. Wi-fi (4%)

    Wi-fi (4%)

  5. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  6. TV (%)

    TV (%)

Live Outage Map Near Wigan, England

The most recent O2 outage reports came from the following cities: Skelmersdale, Altrincham, Bolton and St Helens.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomSkelmersdale Phone
United KingdomAltrincham Total Blackout
United KingdomAltrincham Phone
United KingdomBolton Phone
United KingdomSt Helens Internet
United KingdomBolton Phone

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O2 Issues Reports Near Wigan, England

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

  • lindseyjthom Lindsey (@lindseyjthom) reported from Liverpool, England

    Had nothing but signal problems since joining @O2 😣

  • JamesRoberts330 James Roberts (@JamesRoberts330) reported from Liverpool, England

    Hi @O2 can customers still bring phones into Liverpool stores for the O2 Recycle service? Got a few iPhones that I want to trade in. Thanks. James

  • elrosevincent Ellie♐️ (@elrosevincent) reported from Liverpool, England

    Trying to pay off my device plan but can’t get through to anyone, just keep getting an automated woman saying “goodbye” help @O2

  • goughy84 Mark Lister (@goughy84) reported from Bolton, England

    @O2 hi. I have Disney+ free till end month, when it then becomes £5.99. I saw on o2 offers I can add it for £3.99. Do I need to cancel and re add for the discount or will the £2 off auto apply when it becomes chargeable? Thanks

  • willissweeney97 Willis Sweeney (@willissweeney97) reported from Liverpool, England

    I’ve been waiting half an hour to speak to customer services??? @O2 🙄

  • marikapaprik marico (@marikapaprik) reported from Walkden, England

    Please tell me @O2 why I have so many issues calling you up? You cut off my phone and every time I try to call up to get it reconnected it’s a damn hassle?

  • x_Saz Sarah Pollard (@x_Saz) reported from Bryn, England

    @O2 you’ve charged me 6.99 for nominated delivery today with DPD @dhlexpressuk & the courier went to the wrong address & made out he’d been & said I wasn’t in. Worst customer service I’ve ever received & I expect a refund

  • DodgyValley Balcombe (@DodgyValley) reported from Walkden, England

    @O2 is there an issue with O2 data network centre of Sheffield at the moment, not been working last few hours

  • Is_Me_Ben Ben Winstanley (@Is_Me_Ben) reported from Aspull, England

    @O2 incorrectly charge £XXX to our bank account. Admit this was done in error. We have to wait until 6th Jan 2021 before it can be refunded. Even then, we can to call back to request it on the day. Why do we put up with this type of customer service??

  • DWATKINSON Daniel Watkinson (@DWATKINSON) reported from Urmston, England

    @O2 are really frustrating me, I need my service restoring but can’t seem to do it right now

  • willissweeney97 Willis Sweeney (@willissweeney97) reported from Liverpool, England

    @O2 why can’t I get through to customer services I’ve been trying to get through for half an hour now????

  • Is_Me_Ben Ben Winstanley (@Is_Me_Ben) reported from Aspull, England

    @O2 incorrectly charge £XXX to our bank account. Admit this was done in error. We have to wait until 6th Jan 2021 before it can be refunded. Even then, we have to call back to request it on the day. Why do we put up with this type of customer service??

  • craigparry85 Craig Parry (@craigparry85) reported from Kirkby, England

    @O2 is there a customer service number that can be called where I can actually speak to a human being please? I have tried 5 different numbers and each one goes through the options and then says bye and hangs up the call! How can anyone deal with their account when you can’t spk!

  • Is_Me_Ben Ben Winstanley (@Is_Me_Ben) reported from Aspull, England

    @O2 The enforcement letters continue - three more received today - sent to a loyal @O2 customer who hasn’t done anything wrong. We have not yet had any reassurance that this mess - from @O2 ‘s error - will be resolved.

  • DanielleBaileyx Danielle Bailey (@DanielleBaileyx) reported from Roby, England

    @O2 you must have to be one of the worst companies to get hold of. You have disconnected my sons phone over such a small ammount of money after such a small period of time. I’ve tried to sort this and I cannot get hold of anyone

  • joanreece jo m b (@joanreece) reported from Liverpool, England

    @O2 are awful 😡 so they say with work being carried out it may affect things BUT I cant phone anyone, I cant even send a text to anyone all day this has been it's a disgrace. I run a p/t online business how the hell am I meant to do that!! 😡😡

  • DWATKINSON Daniel Watkinson (@DWATKINSON) reported from Urmston, England

    So @O2 take the bar off my phone at 1700 hours and nearly 6 hours later the bar is still there even tho they told me it would be removed after 10 minutes, not like I need to use my phone or anything. I’ve only been a customer for 12 years and only spent about £5000 on them

  • willissweeney97 Willis Sweeney (@willissweeney97) reported from Liverpool, England

    @O2 I just want to buy my contract out, switch my number out to another network oh my god WHY CANT I get through to your customer service line 🙄 shocking customer service this even from use

  • amijesuspablo Jesus Pablo (@amijesuspablo) reported from Liverpool, England

    Mad how due to an issue with @bt_uk I’ve had to use my @O2 data to do my work. Which was great, 15GB lasted me from Monday till yesterday. Now I added an extra 8GB yesterday to see me through and half has been used in 24 hours and I’ve not even done uploads/downloads!! #*****

  • katarn_a1 David Moores (@katarn_a1) reported from Bolton, England

    @O2 hello I have dropped my phone and need it repaired or replaced because the back of has a crack in it .my local shop is closed down so how can I do this

O2 Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • northendendust Didsbury/northenden (@northendendust) reported

    @virginmedia @O2 I’m not trying to connect to your Virgin network at the airport. My chip is virgin in my phone. And you can’t even make a call. Or go online.

  • scottishdex scottishdex (@scottishdex) reported

    This Christmas, @O2 is donating data to those who need it. For every tweet using #O2DataPledge this Giving Tuesday, they'll donate even more data to the National Databank. Tap below to tweet your support 👇

  • LtColSmales Dep Comdt LNRACF (@LtColSmales) reported

    This Christmas, @O2 is donating data to those who need it. For every tweet using #O2DataPledge this Giving Tuesday, they'll donate even more data to the National Databank. Tap below to tweet your support 👇

  • james_watts James Watts (@james_watts) reported from Sandiacre, England

    @O2 wow this is a great start to life with you. Phoned your customer service line. Wait 35 mins Afro someone to answer and the line goes dead before I can speak to anyone. Phone straight back wait 25 mins speak to someone and the line goes dead again after 30 secs. No callback 🤬

  • jrmch_uk John McHale (@jrmch_uk) reported

    @O2 Moved my mom onto O2 everything was great for a week then her phone stopped no signal rang O2 who informed us that the fraud dept had locked the account no reason no note on the system and we’re now closed, they said they would call back the next day…waiting #O2Shamed

  • TheRealT0M123 T0M (@TheRealT0M123) reported

    @O2 With the merge with virgin is it possible for virgin mobile customers to help?

  • ironjimon Iron Jimon (@ironjimon) reported

    This Christmas, @O2 is donating data to those who need it. For every tweet using #O2DataPledge this Giving Tuesday, they'll donate even more data to the National Databank. Tap below to tweet your support 👇

  • LukeTew Luke (@LukeTew) reported

    This Christmas, @O2 is donating data to those who need it. For every tweet using #O2DataPledge this Giving Tuesday, they'll donate even more data to the National Databank. Tap below to tweet your support 👇

  • helenmilner helenmilner (@helenmilner) reported

    This Christmas, @O2 is donating data to those who need it. For every tweet using #O2DataPledge this Giving Tuesday, they'll donate even more data to the National Databank. Tap below to tweet your support 👇

  • DanielOliverSK Daniel Oliver (@DanielOliverSK) reported

    This Christmas, @O2 is donating data to those who need it. For every tweet using #O2DataPledge this Giving Tuesday, they'll donate even more data to the National Databank. Tap below to tweet your support 👇