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11/21/2001 Entry: "ZDNet UK - News - Story - UK hit by nationwide ADSL crash"

ZDNet |UK| - News - Story - UK hit by nationwide ADSL crash

BT's helpdesk is jammed as a fault on its network brings ADSL to a halt across Britain. Users are left unimpressed by the Colossal inconvenience


Tens of thousands of high-speed Internet users were unable to access the Web on Tuesday morning, because of a serious system failure on BT's network.

The crash hit ADSL subscribers around 10am this morning. According to one report, over 110,000 users were affected, as well as some narrow-band unmetered customers.