Vodafone internet services down for thousands of users

Thousands of Vodafone users are reporting problems with their internet

The outages began on Monday afternoon, according to the monitoring website DownDetector, which reported more than 130,000 issues with Vodafone connections.

A spokeswoman for the company said: "We are aware of a major issue on our network currently affecting broadband, 4G and 5G services.

"We appreciate our customers' patience while we work to resolve this as soon as possible."

Vodafone users vented their frustration on social media.

"It's like Vodafone has just been wiped off the earth. Not a single thing works," said one X user.

The Vodafone app also appeared to be down for users, with the website briefly dropping out too.

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