Update - Vodafone has advised that they are currently assigning an engineer to attend the MCR11 and MCR12 network sites. The engineer will check equipment, cabling, SFP optical modules and chassis line cards as part of the investigation.

We will provide a further update as soon as more information is available.

Oct 07, 2026 - 01:41 BST
Update - Vodafone has provided a new fault reference: NET13709772. The fault has been escalated due to its repeated nature.

Vodafone has advised that a further update is expected within 10 minutes, at approximately 1:26am BST on 7 October. We will share further information as soon as it is received.

Oct 07, 2026 - 01:16 BST
Update - We have not yet received an update from Vodafone’s service desk. We are contacting them now to request an urgent update and will share further information as soon as it becomes available.
Oct 07, 2026 - 01:08 BST
Update - The incident has been raised with Vodafone’s service desk as a Priority 1 (P1) fault under reference FLT13710040 and escalated due to the repeated nature of the fault.

We have confirmed that the fault is outside the Exascale network. Our LNS infrastructure is responding as expected, but the Vodafone interface remains hard down. Optical light levels remain steady, indicating a fault at the remote A end within Vodafone’s network site.

Our next update will follow at approximately 1:00am BST on 7 October.

Oct 07, 2026 - 00:06 BST
Investigating - We are observing an outage on our Vodafone Broadband Interconnect, affecting broadband services delivered through this interconnect. We are in the process of reporting the issue to Vodafone’s service desk. Further updates will follow.
Oct 06, 2026 - 23:45 BST

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This is Exascale's (AS61049) status page, where you can find updates on how our UK network is doing. If there are interruptions to service, we will post a note here.

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Oct 7, 2026

Unresolved incident: Major Service Outage – Vodafone Broadband Interconnect.

Oct 6, 2026

Oct 5, 2026

Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Vodafone has confirmed that the circuit has remained operational and stable, with traffic passing normally for over 60 minutes.

Vodafone will carry out a further stability check overnight and arrange a planned replacement of the affected card at MCRN11.

Thank you for your patience. We apologise for the disruption caused.

Oct 5, 12:58 BST
Monitoring - We are monitoring service recovery and stability. Full restoration has not yet been confirmed, and we will provide a further update once we have verified that all affected services have recovered.
Oct 5, 11:43 BST
Update - The interface connecting Exascale to Vodafone’s network has recovered, and we are beginning to see customers’ routers reconnect.

We are monitoring service recovery and stability. Full restoration has not yet been confirmed, and we will provide a further update once we have verified that all affected services have recovered.

Thank you for your patience, and we apologise for the disruption.

Oct 5, 11:31 BST
Update - Vodafone has confirmed that work is required at both MCRN11 and MCRN12. An engineer is currently arranged for MCRN11, and Vodafone has requested an additional visit to MCRN12 to complete the required port move.

As the sites are close together, Vodafone has requested that the same engineer attend MCRN12 once the work at MCRN11 is complete.

We’ll continue to provide updates as work progresses.

Next update by 11:10 AM on 5 October.

Oct 5, 10:13 BST
Update - Vodafone have advised that their field engineer is expected to arrive on site at 9:30am today to move our uplink to alternative, operational equipment within their network.

This work is intended to restore service, although restoration cannot be confirmed until the move and subsequent testing are complete. We will provide a further update as soon as more information is available.
No components were marked as affected by this incident.

Oct 5, 09:04 BST
Update - Vodafone have advised that their field engineer is expected to arrive on site at 9:30am today to move our uplink to alternative, operational equipment within their network.

This work is intended to restore service, although restoration cannot be confirmed until the move and subsequent testing are complete. We will provide a further update as soon as more information is available.

Oct 5, 09:03 BST
Identified - Vodafone has identified the failed component within their network. A field engineer is currently on site reconfiguring the network to migrate our uplink to an alternative chassis at their MCR11 network site.

This work is intended to bypass the affected equipment and restore connectivity while the underlying fault is addressed.

Oct 5, 08:08 BST
Investigating - The interface, facing the Vodafone Wholesale Broadband network is hard down. We have logged the issue with Vodafone Service Desk.
Oct 5, 02:59 BST

Oct 4, 2026

Resolved - We're confident this is now resolved as we have seen all circuits recover.
Oct 4, 13:37 BST
Monitoring - We have seen a large number of broadband services recover since the faulty optical equipment has been replaced by Vodafone engineers. We will continue to monitor for the next hour. If your service hasn't recovered, please email support@exascale.co.uk and we will investigate further.
Oct 4, 13:24 BST
Update - The engineer is now on-site at the Vodafone network site MCR11 (Manchester 11), and is proceeding the replace the faulty optical equipment to restore the service. Once Exascale sees early signs of service recovery we will update this incident accordingly.
Oct 4, 12:27 BST
Identified - We're awaiting a further update from Vodafone Service Desk
Oct 4, 12:13 BST
Update - Vodafone has advised that a line card within its network is reporting alarms. Attempts to clear the alarms by reseating the card have been unsuccessful. A replacement card is being collected from Vodafone’s stores. A field engineer will then return to site to remove the faulty card and install the replacement.
Oct 4, 10:50 BST
Update - It would appear the uplink(s) to Vodafone are online but the bundle is down. A field engineer has been dispatched by Vodafone to MCR11 at 8AM to investigate
Oct 4, 08:32 BST
Investigating - We are currently observing the Uplink to the Vodafone DSL network being down. This is currently effecting all FTTP and SoGEA circuits.
Oct 4, 08:21 BST

Oct 3, 2026

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Oct 2, 2026

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Oct 1, 2026

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Sep 30, 2026

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