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[Dee Sa]

this is an outer London prefix but the lines have been vandalised at the weekend and people trying to call have been getting an engaged tone, badly affected are TalkTalk customers but they have been getting updates by text, I did not know until a relative said my phone had been engaged on Sunday aft for 3 hours but I was not at home.BT are still fixing the problem.

[Buenchico]

Most numbers will be working again by the end of today but some people may have to wait until Friday:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/25/bt_cable_theft/

It's a common problem. Brighton was hit last Friday:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-26315298
Acton, here in Suffolk, suffered the night before:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/acton_thieves_stole_750m_of_stolen_bt_cabling_worth_16_000_and_left_village_phone_lines_dead_1_3360886
Blaby, in Leicestershire has had similar problems this week:
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Phone-internet-links-cut/story-20695895-detail/story.html

[ladybirder]

I'm in Brighton (Hove actually) and I'm with TalkTalk. I can make outgoing calls, can receive incoming from mobiles but not from landlines. When a LL tries to call they get engaged signal. How queer is that! Reported it this morning and getting regular updates from TT on my mobile. Thieving so and so's trying to take cables apparently here in Brighton I think.