Three's mobile network down as huge outage is reported

It appears that Three has suffered a large outage overnight, with many users complaining they can't access data or calling.

Three hasn't returned our request for comment on the reason for the outage, nor responded on social networks to explain what's happening, leading many to wonder how large this issue is.

Multiple members of the TechRadar team saw data and calling down overnight and this morning, although rebooting phones brought calling capability back, with data remaining absent.

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However, this was only for members of our London team, where those in Bristol were finding that signal and data services are still functioning correctly.

Looking at tools that monitor and track outages across mobile networks (such as Down Detector) it seems that the issue is increasing across the country - likely as users exit their home Wi-Fi and realise that data isn't picking up the signal.

The problems seem to be largely affecting big cities, with Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Norwich and especially London reporting large volumes of outages.

Down Detector is showing a huge spike in outage reports

We'll update this story as and when we find out what's actually happening to Three's network - but this isn't the best timing for the provider, as rival O2 has pushed out its 5G services across the UK on the same day.

And it looks like we've already reached the point of British bitter humour - the jokes about the outage have already started rolling out...

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