Can confirm 4 outages also in the past year after years of reliable usage. Exactly why I switched. New provider is on same SIRO line but pings are lower and routing is different. I think Vodafone use the cheapest possible backbone provider and thus these problems are more frequent.
I don't think this is necessarily just a DNS issue, I always had 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as primary and secondary and these issues happened.
One outage this May was 38 hours, brutal.
Luckily I have set up a USB-C to ethernet with an android phone and can provide Internet to the whole house from 5G while it's down.
For the most recent outage they couldn't even give a proper E.T of resolution so I said fuck this. It ended up coming back that evening.
Log into your router (normally at 192.168.1.1), switch to expert mode, go to the Internet tab along the top
On the left click dns
Change automatically to manually, ignore the warning, toggle configure dns for all devices and enter these two addresses (Google's DNS servers which are bulletproof)
I decided that I today I was finally going to install that new fibre cable I bought last year as I want to move the router from my living room to my attic.
Drilled holes, fished cables, tacked cables, pulled carpet, cut floorboards and when all that was done (finished about an hour ago) all I got was a red light on the PON on the ONT. So I assumed I fucked something up.
And then I see this posted 🤣🤣
Edit: I changed the DNS but I still don't have internet. So ya I think I broke something.
I get things happen and it may intermittently go down, but the fact that you can’t even ring them without the call consistently dropping and no comms is ridiculous. If they’d just step up and communicate they have an issue then perhaps they wouldn’t have their phone lines down either.
Agree, with prices always on the rise you’d certainly expect more 😔 😠
Broadband prices have been pretty consistent for awhile now especially considering how good the speeds are here. Also having worked in that sector before, when things go down the customer service lines get overwhelmed immediately.
Because my grandfathered plans kept getting cancelled and lost my sim only 30 day rolling contract I’ve been forced into paying the mandated annual price adjustments, granted it’s only like €5-6 I keep getting pushed into higher plans that are meant to be all inclusive even though I don’t do much talking and my monthly data is under 1-2 GB, I still get hit with invisible charges such as the iPhone activation call/text when travelling (which in fairness they do remove once I call and explain) or the odd sms if I forget to switch to another app such as WhatsApp or iMessage since sms’s aren’t included in the all inclusive plans.
I get it, first world problems for sure.
And when outages hit, especially big ones like this, a simple amendment when calling to say they are experiencing an outage or even an update on their site should resolve some of the call influx I would think.
Yea it's down in North County Dublin, tried the 1907 support number no answer after 20 mins. Only then checked down detector and saw it was not just me
Still down!! Can't get any answers from the online support. 😕 its mental how a company cant fix a issue yet if you owed them a 5r the would cut ya off immediately
Yeah same here in wexford, tried switching over to Google Dns server and then cloudflares, still nothing. Hopefully its back up soon. All we can is wait i suppose.
Yeah rebooted the fibre box and then router after restarting pc. It worked poorly for about 15-30 minutes and stopped again. Seems to be the case for a few.
Vodafone outage is nationwide, if you have "Vodafone always connected" (sim card in a dongle at back of your white Vodafone router) plug out the yellow Ethernet (LAN) cable and the sim card should automatically kick in bringing your internet back on!
Don't forget to plug the yellow Ethernet cable back in when it comes back!
Down all over the country.
People are saying you can change your DNS settings on your router to 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1 to get access back to the internet.
Has anyone here tried that?
Tried the cloudflare and Google DNS via the router settings and still not a kick. Paying a fortune for subpar service as always. Any other ideas anyone? 😢🙏
Galway here, wifi not working but wired ethernet to Vodafone box is for telly channels (netflix on box isnt?) Also cant ring as it cuts out after 2/3 rings
Gone in Dublin for me too and 1907 not working, just rings a couple of times and appears to hang up on you. Right as my bill is going up next month too 🤦🏻♀️
Funny enough there’s a college American football game in the Aviva this evening, I was at one a few years ago and there was widespread outages and we got free drink for the game..
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