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O2 Outage Report in Manchester, England

Problems detected

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

The latest reports from users having issues in Manchester come from postal codes M15, M12, M11 and M61.

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 Manchester, England

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

O2 Outage Chart in Manchester, England 01/29/2026 06:30

January 29: 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 (30%)

    Internet (30%)

  3. Total Blackout (13%)

    Total Blackout (13%)

  4. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  5. Wi-fi (3%)

    Wi-fi (3%)

  6. TV (%)

    TV (%)

Live Outage Map Near Manchester, England

The most recent O2 outage reports came from the following cities: Manchester, Rochdale, Altrincham, Wilmslow, Middleton, Stockport, Bolton and Salford.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomManchester Internet
United KingdomManchester Phone
United KingdomRochdale Internet
United KingdomAltrincham Total Blackout
United KingdomRochdale Phone
United KingdomAltrincham Phone

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O2 Issues Reports Near Manchester, England

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

  • LukeAMarsden Luke Marsden (@LukeAMarsden) reported from Oldham, England

    @O2 are there any issues currently in the Oldham area? Can't connect to the internet

  • jasonpeachey1 Jason peachey (@jasonpeachey1) reported from Ashton-under-Lyne, England

    What is goin on with @O2 phone signal constantly dropping an 4G\5G practically non existent!!! 😳

  • alid7997 Alastair (@alid7997) reported from Manchester, England

    @O2 why is your signal in Manchester so, so ****?!

  • GoaterBilly Billy Goater (@GoaterBilly) reported from Strines, England

    @O2 beware of what you get told and sold by o2, they’ve ripped us off in a big way. Customer loyalty counts for nothing. After over 20 years with them, we can’t wait to go elsewhere. As unhelpful as it gets

  • kellyvmckeown Kelly McKeown (@kellyvmckeown) reported from Manchester, England

    @laineyclements @O2 They’re appalling I’m going to cancel myself they are the worst mobile company I’ve ever dealt with they ignore you constantly cut you off leave you on hold zero customer service

  • Nic05508801 Nic & Jack (@Nic05508801) reported from Bolton, England

    @O2 Doesn't surprise me, your service is shocking!!!!!

  • aflanagancarter Amy Rowland (@aflanagancarter) reported from Manchester, England

    @O2 what is with no service in Manchester?! So bad and un safe!

  • kellyvmckeown Kelly McKeown (@kellyvmckeown) reported from Manchester, England

    @O2 Worst telecoms company you could ever have the misfortune to deal with

  • Matt_Aspden matt aspden 🍂 (@Matt_Aspden) reported from Bolton, England

    @O2 is your payment gateway down? Had several calls to pay my bill, but can’t seem to process and payment on My O2 app

  • gerwyn Gerwyn (@gerwyn) reported from Manchester, England

    @biteme_brighton @O2 @leemc87 It’s awful in Manchester

  • GoaterBilly Billy Goater (@GoaterBilly) reported from Strines, England

    @O2 disappointing that o2 treat us like **** after 20 years as both a personal and business customer. Seems they’re happy for us to walk away. Clueless customer service. No attempt to help us.

  • bluemoo17 💙⚽️🐝Ellie Fitz🐝⚽️💙 (@bluemoo17) reported from Middleton, England

    @l3479s @O2 Where I live our network masts haven't been working for almost a year - no answer for it whatsoever

  • gerwyn Gerwyn (@gerwyn) reported from Manchester, England

    @Allan2111272 @O2 It was so atrocious that their own network app couldn’t work

  • kurtyoafc Kurt Andrew (@kurtyoafc) reported from Middleton, England

    There are serious mobile phone signal issues in Middleton and it needs sorting and ******* properly @O2

  • LukeAMarsden Luke Marsden (@LukeAMarsden) reported from Oldham, England

    @angelak2271 @O2 I've clicked the link they gave me and it said there's a mast nearby that's not working. But it seems to be a problem across the country

  • kellyvmckeown Kelly McKeown (@kellyvmckeown) reported from Manchester, England

    Avoid @o2 at all costs they are the worst company I’ve ever had to deal with absolutely zero customer service no choice other than to cancel

  • RJakesEU Rob 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@RJakesEU) reported from Manchester, England

    haha, just had an (obviously scam) phone call from someone who claimed to be from @O2 … when they asked how the service was and I said it was poor, they hung up

  • RJakesEU Rob 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@RJakesEU) reported from Manchester, England

    Kinda wonder why I use @O2 when their mobile signal in central Manchester is barely functioning. Continually timing out, drops connection 😡

  • Shelo_Mrs 🌸Shelo🌸 (@Shelo_Mrs) reported from Bolton, England

    @O2 why is it IMPOSSIBLE to speak yo somebody about your crappy service & non existent network????? £50 per month for NO SERVICE AT ALL for almost 12 months ! That's £600 shocking company!!

  • TwoEyedGovernor Sherwin Clark-Assoon (@TwoEyedGovernor) reported from Manchester, England

    As soon as my contracts up @o2 it’ll be the last day you’ll ever get any money from me been with you guys for 10 years and you kick people down when they’re on their knees.

O2 Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • shavedap3 ShavedApe (@shavedap3) reported

    @O2 since you changed the way we log in I spend more time trying to log in than I do on your website. its broken for the love of that is good in the world please fix your login. I get an elastic page thats a 404 or a blank page that redirects to your home page but doesnt log in

  • siobhankatyhall 𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐧 🌈✨ (@siobhankatyhall) reported

    @O2 why is my service STILL off?????

  • kelzf kel (@kelzf) reported

    @WillsherDaniel @O2 Mines stil not working either since yesterday i stil cant make calls

  • TemplarUK Last Knight ⚔️ (@TemplarUK) reported

    @O2 Needs to sort their **** out. Otherwise, I’ll be leaving after 20 years..

  • geoff_darren Geoff Darren (@geoff_darren) reported

    @VodafoneUK hi I’ve just tried to call my mum who’s a Vodafone customer. It says call failed. But my brother and dad can call her? Confused. I’m with @O2 and all other calls work perfect? And here’s me thinking I’ll transfer to Vodafone next year … 😌

  • BarryTuckwood Barry Tuckwood (@BarryTuckwood) reported

    @O2 I looked yesterday using wifi when O2 signal disappeared. Not helpful at all

  • CricInfoUSA CricInfo USA (@CricInfoUSA) reported

    @O2 Just so everyone is aware - I DM'd #O2 with a technical issue and they sent me a link on "How to leave O2 and switch to a different network". Don't count on your issues being resolved with these guys.

  • newe20447 Andrew Newell (@newe20447) reported

    @WillsherDaniel @O2 If your number was originally with EE you’ll have been having problems receiving calls today

  • Bucky1312 Robert Buxton (@Bucky1312) reported

    @O2 any current issues? Mum is unable to call anyone from her phone and when I try and call her it’s saying it’s an incorrect number!

  • jordan210 J (@jordan210) reported

    @O2 I need some help. I transferred to a new iPhone and I set up and eSIM. Transfer failed but old phone says sim transferred but new one doesn’t have an eSIM. Can’t get on to myo2 as all its doing is telling me to link virgin account via text what do I do