Fido.Net Status Updates

Category: Broadband

Broadband Service Issues

DSL Emergency Maintenance

We have received notification from our DSL partners Zen Internet of emergency maintenance which may impact some customers   Incident: Routing & Core Network – Emergency Maintenance – Manchester Central and Blackfriars exchanges We have become aware of a potential issue that could cause packet loss at Manchester Central and Blackfriars exchanges.   An emergency…

Broadband Maintenance

A reminder that one of our supplier partners (Zen Internet) will be performing scheduled maintenance this evening between 22:00 and 06:00   During which time customers may experience disconnections and/or brief outages as Zen perform upgrades to their backbone and interconnects   Please accept our apologies for any disruption which this essential maintenance may cause

DSL Bearer Outage

The following new Broadband (xDSL) incident has been identified. Further information is detailed below. Exchange Bearer Outage(New) Outage Start: Mon, 25/07/2016 16:40  End:   Update: Mon, 25/07/2016 18:30  Clear:   We are currently experiencing a Major Service Outage affecting customers connecting through the following exchanges. Further updates will be posted as they become available. ABERKENFIG ABINGER ALFRISTON AMERSHAM ARKWRIGHT…

DSL Authentication Issues

We are aware of a problem currently with the interlink between BT’s RADIUS platform and our own which is causing authentication failures and connection drops. We are pressing BT for an explanation.  It is our understanding that this is affecting multiple ISPs across the UK and is not specific to just ourselves We will update…

xDSL Network issues

We are aware of an issue currently affecting our xDSL customer base, manifesting itself as poor performance. Our Systems team are currently investigating. Further information will be provided as and when it becomes available. Update: 17:50 –  We believe the issues have now been resolved.  We are actively pressing our suppliers for an update and…

MBORC Update

Service and MBORC update  This briefing is to provide Openreach customers with an update on the current service situation. This briefing also serves as early notification of the next Service update call, due to be held on Thursday 15 November 2012.  This week has seen us make good progress against our recovery plan, and once…

Openreach Severe Weather Update

Severe weather update October 2012 01 October 2012 Openreach (OR) have provided an update due to the severe weather conditions; this is likely to increase call volumes and impact handling times. The following update (week ending 28th September) is a direct communication from OR. “At 09.00 today we issued a MBORC (Matters Beyond Our Reasonable Control) declaration…

ADSL Network Maintenance

Following the upgrades over the weekend we have identified an issue with PPPoE/LCP negotiation which affects Sonicwall routers. Firebrick have released a firmware update which overcomes this issue, and we intend to roll the firmware update out to the primary LNS Wednesday evening during the usual mid week maintenance window.   The actual upgrades will…