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O2 Outage Report in South Shields, South Tyneside, England

Problems detected

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 South Shields, England

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

O2 Outage Chart in South Shields, South Tyneside, England 01/20/2026 09:45

January 20: 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 (49%)

    Phone (49%)

  2. Internet (30%)

    Internet (30%)

  3. Total Blackout (13%)

    Total Blackout (13%)

  4. E-mail (4%)

    E-mail (4%)

  5. Wi-fi (3%)

    Wi-fi (3%)

  6. TV (%)

    TV (%)

Live Outage Map Near South Shields, South Tyneside, England

The most recent O2 outage reports came from the following cities: Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne and North Shields.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomSunderland Phone
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Phone
United KingdomNorth Shields Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Phone
United KingdomNorth Shields Total Blackout
United KingdomWallsend Phone

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O2 Issues Reports Near South Shields, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in South Shields and nearby locations:

  • CraigSi64474606 nufc4life (@CraigSi64474606) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 Hey i wounded if you can help me I have a contact with o2 but I was unable to pay my bill last month I spoke to you on fone and told you I would pay you on 14th of January as I was in hospital but I’ve only got today and when I’ve went to pay it I can’t my fone now completely off

  • stobbsmeister Paddy (@stobbsmeister) reported from Seaham, England

    @ThreeUK counting down the days until I'm able to leave. I've overlooked the poor CS and data dead spots however the reintroduction of roaming charges (after banging the go roam drum for years) is the final straw. I'm sure I won't be the first or the last to jump to @O2

  • ScottSChristie Scott Christie (@ScottSChristie) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @O2 Is there an issue with signal in NE29 just now? Mine has been pretty bad for a couple of weeks now. Many Thanks.

  • scoobyhugh8 Hugh Toner (@scoobyhugh8) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 how can your service be so poor in a city centre.

  • gazza_d Real Gaz on a proper bike #fbpe (@gazza_d) reported from South Shields, England

    @WilliamNB @giffgaff @O2 Have you asked for a different SIM? Otherwise I'd be tempted to switch as there is so much more competition now. I don't like poor service.

  • CraigSi64474606 nufc4life (@CraigSi64474606) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 Hey i wounded if you can help me I have a contact with o2 but I was unable to pay my bill last month I spoke to you on fone and told you I would pay you on 14th of January as I was in hospital but I’ve only got today and when I’ve went to pay it I can’t my fone now completely off

  • Richard_Y1 Richard (@Richard_Y1) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @O2, any particular reason why signal for mobile data is so poor/pretty much non-existent in the NE30 area?

  • Slesss_ JoshSlesser (@Slesss_) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia @O2 your volt supercharge is a con! Why has my virgin media bill doubled and I’m being charged for making changes to my bill, none of this was mentioned to me this is a breach of contract im not paying almost £100 just cancel my package if that’s the case

  • SgawShaw Muriel Sgaw (@SgawShaw) reported from Seaham, England

    @O2 @EleanorRylance And sack the poor employee?

  • scoobyhugh8 Hugh Toner (@scoobyhugh8) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 I’m in Newcastle for the weekend and could hardly get a service, keeping jumping from 1 bar on 5G onto 3G, couldn’t get into social media or online due to it buffering. What a waste of time moving to you from EE

  • CraigSi64474606 nufc4life (@CraigSi64474606) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 Hey i wounded if you can help me I have a contact with o2 but I was unable to pay my bill last month I spoke to you on fone and told you I would pay you on 14th of January as I was in hospital but I’ve only got today and when I’ve went to pay it I can’t my fone now completely off

  • MarkMowbrayNE Mark Mowbray (@MarkMowbrayNE) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 I need to cancel 2 expired phone contracts on my account before my new o2 phone contracts become active but can't get to use the contact o2 online chat. Can you sort this for me?

  • DarranBlackshaw Darran Blackshaw (@DarranBlackshaw) reported from Seaton Valley, England

    @O2 rang for help and answering machine says ring back in 24hrs and hangs up -really ??

  • CraigSi64474606 nufc4life (@CraigSi64474606) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 @O2 Could you help me o2 Hey i wounded if you can help me I have a contact with o2 but I was unable to pay my bill last month I spoke to you on fone and told you I would pay you on 14th of January as I was in hospital but I’ve only got today and when I’ve went to pay it I can’tmy

  • MattKeena 🏳️‍🌈Matt Keena🏳️‍🌈 (@MattKeena) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 are you going to reduce my bill, because the signal I’m receiving for £78 a month is shocking! Not happy

  • Slesss_ JoshSlesser (@Slesss_) reported from South Shields, England

    @O2 I can’t login into my o2 app, it says I might be a bee customer and to wait 48 hours but I’ve been a member for years 🤔 it’s just randomly started doing this

  • LuckyTony72 Lucky Tony (@LuckyTony72) reported from Hebburn, England

    @O2 Got a call bar today. Absolutely shoddy customer service. Also I've waited a minimum of 20 minutes to speak to your alleged customer service agents who appear to be utterly inept to make a simple change.

  • LuckyTony72 🎃 🎃 Lucky Tony 🎃 🎃 (@LuckyTony72) reported from Hebburn, England

    @O2 asked for a SIMPLE change to be made in August and 5 phonecalls later you still can't get it right! Customer service is a joke!!!

  • A11RNX Amran Ashraf (@A11RNX) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 Hi. I’ve left O2 in September when my contract expired and switched to another provider. I was billed in September in error and I spoke to someone who refunded the difference from when my contract expired. I have today received a debt recovery letter???? Can someone help!

  • CraigSi64474606 nufc4life (@CraigSi64474606) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @O2 and can’t even login to my o2 account online to pay it that way

O2 Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • jodielouiseart Jodie (@jodielouiseart) reported

    @Robdw1983 @O2 Mine’s exactly the same, the check the network and tell me that it’s working when it’s clearly not 🥴

  • RidingWithCJ RidingWithCJ (@RidingWithCJ) reported

    @GarethTurpin @O2 Disgusting, already making horrific amounts of profit but just can’t help yourselves. As long as the fat cat share holders get what they want aye? A hike that high and the reasoning are both utter crap. Pathetic corporate greed.

  • GeekJoshJohnson GeekJosh 👾 (@GeekJoshJohnson) reported

    Well my @O2 bill is going up 17.3%. It's ok though, because it'll "help cover the rising cost to power their network". Inflation is going to ruin us all.

  • hammers10 Amanda Marshall (@hammers10) reported

    @O2 I'm in Kenya which you don't have an agreement with and are charging astronomical prices but I cannot get through to anyone for help!!! Is there anyone answering the phone? It's shoddy service. My son is trying and on hold. I hope he is NOT charged for that..

  • Ramraider20 Ram raider (@Ramraider20) reported

    . @O2 I've been with you guys for little over a year after a decade with another network and having such a huge rise in bill is a disgrace. I doubt your staff are getting a 17% payrise. I will be moving once my contract is up

  • Barnsey_21 Neill Barnes (@Barnsey_21) reported

    @djillings @O2 Switch to @giffgaff mate. They use O2 network but a hell of a lot cheaper 👌🏼

  • Graffititongue Keith (@Graffititongue) reported

    @O2 Talk about a way to lose thousands of customers.Your price increase from April is utterly ******* disgusting & a total piss take.Been an o2 customer for well over 10yrs but I'll be off as will many more.

  • ChrisWilmshurst Chris Wilmshurst (@ChrisWilmshurst) reported

    @MichaelsTecTalk @O2 Yeah, but it’s definitely time to switch. I’ve been with them for probably 10+ years now and the service has progressively got worse and worse. I can’t even hold a phone call without it cutting out in or around my house. (And I live in a built up area)

  • SirBlimelyWindy Neil Jeffery (@SirBlimelyWindy) reported

    Hey @O2 if you want to contact me with a personal offer, ring me from your customer service number or email me- a Blackburn number I have never seen before makes me wary

  • deirdre5000 Deirdre-Alexandra 💮 (@deirdre5000) reported

    @O2 Hello, unfortunately it’s not giving me a solution to my problem other than advising me to use o2 wifi which isn’t available