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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 12 Jul 2012

    #O2 says it has restored its 2G network in UK; advises mobile users to turn off 3G. Hundreds of thousands affectedhttp://bbc.in/Njle6F 

    12:53 AM - 12 Jul 2012
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      1. Jamie Gibson‏ @jfmgibson 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking the only time I’m glad to be a vodafone customer! #o2crash

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      1. Susan Kehoe‏ @SusanKehoe10 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @bbcbreaking sounds like a virus on the home location register database...not the signalling storm

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      1. John pickersgill‏ @Johnpickersgil3 12 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking

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      1. david manton‏ @mantd 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking well it's 10.00 am and still not able to make calls or texts. A disgruntled O2 customer!

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      1. Lucifer Travis Nagle‏ @Travistagram 12 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking O2 are liars. I still have no service since about 2pm yesterday. Today my sim card isn't even recognised!

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      2. Chris Ferguson‏ @Abstractnoise 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking if I recall correctly, iPhone 4s users can't turn off 3G...

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      3. Leonard GilbertWines‏ @LenryAsquith 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @Abstractnoise

        @Abstractnoise @bbcbreaking It is possible to turn off iPhone 4S' 3Gpic.twitter.com/VmF9E8li

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      1. Frank Kerrigan‏ @fkerrigan 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking not working for me in Glasgow

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      1. Hobbit's Wife‏ @HobbitsWife 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking doesn't work for me on an HTC that was unaffected until this morning! Works on hubbie's iPhone

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      1. Paul‏ @pauldutton1995 12 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking o2 are wrong some peoples 2G service still not working!

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      1. Katie Smith‏ @KTJnowS 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking I've turned off 3G, turned my phone off and on and still can't make calls or send texts - not convinced O2 have fixed anything!

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      2. Demon Poltergiest Macabre-Fairy  👻 🤡 🎃 💀 👹 👺‏ @SimplyDonal 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @LeeStanleyWV tried that. Didn’t work

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      3. Lee‏ @yelnats_eel 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @SimplyDonal

        @SimplyDonal oh well

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      1. Ash chadwick‏ @ashleechadwick 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking still unable to send receive texts or calls still no2

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      1. Lee Melton‏ @leemel 12 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Hasn't helped here. Calls and texts via 2G network still not completing. Try again, O2

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      1. Mark Ridgwell‏ @mtrphotos 12 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking says no signal for me too despite instructions

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      1. Connie69‏ @elaineholden 12 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking my phone still isn't working grrrrrrr

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      1. Nathan McLean‏ @nmclean77 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking This will be to mobile phones to what the recent NatWest crisis was to banking. #expensive

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