My broadband has gone off, telephone still working. It is a network fault being fixed so I am working by connecting my desktop to my iPhone hotspot.
If this continued, is that when I get sent a thing to connect to a BT hotspot - my iPhone is not on a BT account?
do you have the add on Halo? have you reported the fault or just checked using the fault checker?
My neighbour has just been round. His BB is off too and he is on TalkTalk. I suppose they may share a provider or it is a power problem somewhere.
Is your phone service still via the master socket ( so not DV and delivered via the router ) ? , if so , and a neighbour’s broadband (using a different provider ) is also off , suggests it’s probably a problem with the FTTC cabinet, it’s not unusual for FTTC ‘cabinets’ to be wiped out by vehicles crashing into them , or possibly just a failure of something within the cabinet , obviously one type of repair is a major undertaking, the other relatively simple and quick.
As far as being sent a 4G mobile device to give some ‘broadband’ service during the repair time , that is possible but chances are you would need to have spoken to someone who could arrange that , rather than an automated response advising of a MSO ( major service outage ) ….depending on what the issue is , the resolution could be quick or could be not so quick , things like cabinets destroyed by RTC’s usually make local press , or social media for the area .
Unless you have access to a different network, then changing provider on Openreach is unlikely to achieve anything ( as far as this outage is concerned )
I'm in Portobello, Edinburgh. Yes - DD seemed to show a fair-sized peak - but much less than I've seen in the past so it must be a fairly local issue. I'm still using my phone hot spot (5G but you don't get those speeds when sharing with a desktop via USB). I have a Deco M5 system linked to an ECI modem (no router) and that is working well distributing music round the house.
Two years ago there was a similar stop but that came back about 2 hours later - this one is taking longer.
@iniltous thanks, yes it is a FTTC cabinet I can see across the road and no one has been there today (it has regular visits). It was tidied up 18 months ago which caused a breakdown due to excavations taking power and data cables in front. I posted a few minutes ago about my Deco M5 mesh, no router. The DSL light on the modem is off. I'm currently linked via my Tescomobile iPhone - diversity helps.
BTW it is not the weather, we have had a very sunny, cold day, no precipitation.