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O2 Outage Report in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

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 Barry, Wales

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

O2 Outage Chart in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales 01/23/2026 06:55

January 23: 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 (%)

Community Discussion

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O2 Issues Reports Near Barry, Wales

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

  • fgethearies FGE ⚡️ (@fgethearies) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Anyone else on @O2 ? My signal keeps cutting in and out 😩

  • LisaEdwards78 LisaEdwards78 (@LisaEdwards78) reported from Barry, Wales

    @O2 Hi there I have had a highly Sophisticated national insurance scam call from a number registered to your network. There was an automated message purporting to be from the national crime agency. Please can you investigate this number 07850058296

  • catlady_cez Cez 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@catlady_cez) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @O2 hi is there an issue with your network in cf14? Havent been able to get 3g or 4g since yesterday?

  • CatTPeters Cat Peters (@CatTPeters) reported from Penarth, Wales

    @O2 I’ve just tried again, it’s not working. Please can someone send it to me please. For a simple procedure it has become be my stressful, and nobody seems to want to help!

  • gwelfor57 Mark Elliott🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 (@gwelfor57) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @O2 am assisting my disabled brother. catch 22. No passport or driving licence unable to prove his identity. obtained a PAC. told est. £406.49 of termination charges! He wanted to reduce his monthly cost but O2 shop said no. Been customer for years. Help please.

  • gareth_thmpsn Gareth Thompson (@gareth_thmpsn) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    What is the point of complaining to @o2? Complaint sent 06/09 multiple times chased up formally 20/11 no reply now 06/0/21. Told someone looking at as a priority still nothing @MarkEvansO2

  • clareoj Clare Osborne Jones (@clareoj) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @O2 still waiting for a refund on a returned phone case since July...numerous phone calls resulting in last one on 11/10 we will take it off your phone bill for you but full amount taken today. Can’t get through on phones can you please advise as I’m pretty fed up with service

  • staceyjhubbard Stacey J Hubbard 🐧 (@staceyjhubbard) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Also when I highlighted my issues over the phone and through the Webchat @O2 do not seem very concerned or understanding 😔

  • flowersshanice S H A N I C E (@flowersshanice) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Hi @O2 I’m in desperate need for someone to active my new sim (had an upgrade) as I’m unable to text or call out viseversa. My o2 isn’t solving the issue either.

  • JdBowns91 Jade Bowns (@JdBowns91) reported from Barry, Wales

    @O2 on the website it says to contact your customer services to change my name and other issues I want to discuss yet the only way I can get through to someone is to say I’ve had fraud occur! All I want to do is speak to someone why is it so hard. Chat is also unavailable

  • gareth_thmpsn Gareth Thompson (@gareth_thmpsn) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @O2 guys is there a backlog in complaints? I responded to a complaint on the 06/10/20 no reply, 20/11/20 no reply. I’ve now sent a further email today and I’ve no faith in it being responded to. Original complaint was 04/09/20.

  • Waldron_Diana Diana Waldron (@Waldron_Diana) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @O2 can u please help. I have been trying to pay my final bill with you for ages. It’s only about £20,I don’t need harrazing letters&emails to prompt me to pay...I just need u to let me pay. I have called&been online to make payment, but you don’t seem to want to take my payment

  • gareth_thmpsn Gareth Thompson (@gareth_thmpsn) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @O2 There’s delay then there’s rude. Been 92 working days or 128 days since I complained. @o2 are making it deliberately difficult to contact.

  • meribelman Peter Williams (@meribelman) reported from Penarth, Wales

    @virginmedia I would happily self serve online, via a browser or app, as you incessantly encourage me to do, but when the page says “oops something went wrong, we’re unable to change your package online”, its very frustrating. @O2 will help you soon!

  • DennerSusan susan denner (@DennerSusan) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @O2 Customer service shocking! No service on phone since 24th May, SIX calls made to your call centre to resolve issue - now being told to wait for

  • TweetterRoss Ross Maisey (@TweetterRoss) reported from Church Village, Wales

    @O2 Struggling with no or little service at home at the moment and it’s becoming very frustrating. I checked the service checker and they comes back as ok. My phone says 1 bar but that doesn’t allow me to use the internet.

  • paigebuckingham Paige🧚🏻‍♀️🌸 (@paigebuckingham) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Anyone else on @O2 and get literally no signal? I’ve had my baby’s doctor and hospital ring me many occasions and can’t get through to me!

  • CatTPeters Cat Peters (@CatTPeters) reported from Penarth, Wales

    @O2 come on please! I’ve now spoken to 3 people and now been out on hold for almost an hour. Unbelievable customer service. I literally just need the PAC code.

  • BCFCOLIVERDOG Oliver City Dog (@BCFCOLIVERDOG) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @JoeSims10 @O2 Look forward to no signal on the Portway Joe 🙃

  • flowersshanice S H A N I C E (@flowersshanice) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @O2 @Gropinvillain In all these years I’ve been with @O2 I’ve never ever had nothing for bro g a loyal customer, maybe it’s time I cha he networks after my contract is finished!!

O2 Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • one_livest The Livest One (@one_livest) reported

    @virginmedia @O2 We have been having our broadband turn of completely once a day and a reboot doesn't fix it. We have to call your help line for them to reboot it. A engineer was booked last night and now has been cancelled??

  • jbaseleyx 🖤 (@jbaseleyx) reported

    @O2 are the worst company I’ve ever been with!!😮‍💨rude and unhelpful, just cancel my contract pls and thanks🥱

  • wickdaman Richard Conway (@wickdaman) reported

    @O2 Hi there O2! I am trying to speak to someone to get my PAYG SIM replaced as I lost it! The O2 app won't allow me to login to raise a Live Chat either! Can you help me please? Thank you.

  • JDHudson19 JH (@JDHudson19) reported

    @O2 Trying to speak to anyone at O2 customer services is impossible. Going round and round in circles on the website and app. Everytime I think I will get a number or be able to message a real person I am redirected to a help FAQ page which doesn't help.

  • DavidMcAct David McCarthy (@DavidMcAct) reported

    @O2 trying to get a copy of my latest bill but It just says something went wrong and your technicians are on it on both My O2 app and the website, is this an everyone problem or a just me problem ?

  • fullerstrev Stuart Hazleton (@fullerstrev) reported

    @O2 can I get some help? Just spoke with your advisor about my o2 and still not loading saying error code 500!! Any solutions?

  • EoinMcCann86 Eoin (@EoinMcCann86) reported

    @O2 I left Vodafone to come back to O2 and now I'm regretting my decision, I got unlimited data and the speeds compared to what I had with Vodafone is a joke, I can't cancel because I'm outside the 14days, I'm getting 2mb on speedtast and the signal is awful. 21months left 😭

  • bxlliexlish morg (@bxlliexlish) reported

    @O2 I still haven’t got access to my O2 account after more than 48 hours. I ordered an iPad on the 24th Nov and still have nothing on my online account and the app says my whole account isn’t accessible, even after you have took the down payment from my bank? Please help

  • rachcoop04 Rachel Cooper (@rachcoop04) reported

    @O2 when you wana pay your bill but keep getting told there’s a problem and to try again later! #sortitout

  • emilyatkinson87 Emily (@emilyatkinson87) reported

    @O2 hi - I want to cancel a bolt on but it doesn’t show on my account and your chat feature is always busy?