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O2 UK possible issue on Nov 5, 2026: what we saw
Damn Is It Down is independent and not affiliated with O2 UK. This page uses only our own checks, user reports and what O2 UK's status page said. Times are ET.
Our checks saw problems for 52 min, from Nov 5, 2026, 1:01 PM ET to Nov 5, 2026, 1:53 PM ET. It peaked as outage at 1:01 PM ET.
Possible problem, not a confirmed outage. Our own checks failed, but no second independent source agreed: user reports stayed below 5 in 15 minutes and O2 UK's status page did not report a major incident. We only call something a confirmed outage when at least 2 independent sources agree. How we verify outages
Evidence Raw check times, regions, error codes and the report curve. Download as JSON or CSV.
How we determined this
- Our checks: 25 of 35 failed.
- Regions where our checks failed: 4 of 4.
- User reports: up to 0 in 15 minutes.
- Vendor status page: no major incident reported.
- Independent sources that agreed: 1 of 3 (our checks, user reports, the vendor). We only call it a confirmed outage when at least 2 agree.
- Confidence: 79%. It comes only from our own evidence; the vendor status page adds a little only when our checks or user reports agree.
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Impact
- Regions with failing checks: Asia-Pacific, US East, Europe, US West.
- Failed checks: 25 of 35 in the window (first Nov 5, 2026, 12:58 PM ET, last Nov 5, 2026, 1:49 PM ET).
- Peak user reports: 0 in 15 minutes.
Timeline (ET)
- Outage detected: Outage detected. Our checks are failing. User reports are still near the baseline — active checks often catch this before crowd reports do.
- Recovered: No problems detected.
- Problems returned: Outage detected.
- Now failing from Asia-Pacific, US East, Europe, US West.
- Recovered: Regional problems.
- Problems returned: Outage detected.
- Recovered: Regional problems.
- Recovered: Regional problems.
- Problems returned: Regional outage.
- Problems returned: Regional outage.
- Recovered: Regional problems.
- Problems returned: Regional outage.
- Recovered: Regional problems.
Official status
- Last reported by O2 UK: no official status page reading.
What to try
- Restart your device or modem; use Wi-Fi Calling or a mobile hotspot as a fallback.
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Other O2 UK outages
- Nov 14, 2026, 12:57 AM ET · outage · 12 min
- Nov 13, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · outage · 18 min
- Nov 13, 2026, 5:44 AM ET · outage · 48 min
- Nov 8, 2026, 12:32 PM ET · outage · 16 min
- Nov 5, 2026, 11:20 AM ET · outage · 16 min
Times are ET (US Eastern). Detection combines HTTP checks from several Cloudflare regions, user reports and the vendor's status page. Get this data as JSON.
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FAQ
- Is O2 UK down right now?
- This incident ended at Nov 5, 2026, 1:53 PM ET. For right now, check the live O2 UK status page: https://damnisitdown.com/status/o2-uk
- When did the O2 UK problems start?
- Our checks first saw problems at Nov 5, 2026, 1:01 PM ET, and it peaked as outage at Nov 5, 2026, 1:01 PM ET.
- How long did the O2 UK incident last?
- 52 min, from Nov 5, 2026, 1:01 PM ET to Nov 5, 2026, 1:53 PM ET.
- Where did our O2 UK checks fail?
- Our checks failed from Asia-Pacific, US East, Europe, US West.