O2 suffers another data meltdown

5 August 2009 16:35 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Customers of UK operator O2 have suffered further disruption today as yet more problems with O2's data network left customers unable to access the Internet.

"We're having a problem with our data network which will affect data services for some customers. We are working to fix this ASAP", O2 stated via its official Twitter feed.

A later tweet read: "We've fixed our data network - you should now be able to access the internet again".

This is the fourth incident in recent weeks that has seen O2's customers experiencing problems, the first of which was a fire at a London substation that caused local issues, followed by a data services crash on 21 July and then roaming issues on 24 July.

Despite the problems with data, it seems the first week of O2's Twitter texts service is a success. Another tweet reveals: "We've sent out more than 500,000 Twitter text messages in just over a week!"

Via: twitter.com

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