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Here Is The Ridiculous Reason 32 Million Telefonica (O2) Users Waved Goodbye To 4G Data Yesterday

Posted on December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 By Davey Winder

What caused the 4G data network outage that hit 32 million users of Telefonica UK services? Erm, not much actually…

When the second biggest mobile network operator loses the ability to provide 4G data connections to 32 million users, you might expect the reason the be complicated and highly technical. In the case of the O2 outage, however, the reason was simply ridiculous…

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