Outages feel random and personal. They're neither — six causes cover nearly all of them, each with its own counter-move.
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| Glitch | What you see | Counter-move |
|---|---|---|
| Planned mast work | Sudden local outage for hours | Status checker + postcode, before touching your phone |
| Crowds | Full bars, crawling data — stadiums, stations, rush hour | Capacity maths, not malice; more 5G slowly fixes it |
| 3G switch-off (2024–25) | Calls failing on old phones | Enable VoLTE / retire the relic |
| Your building | One dead room, one dead house | Wi-Fi Calling — the free fix |
| Merger works | Short local blips as VodafoneThree merges masts | Temporary by design; watch the status page |
| National outage | A whole network down for hours — rare, makes the news | Nothing to fix; it passes. Knowing that saves an hour |
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