BT, TalkTalk and Plusnet broadband crash due to Newcastle fire

Customers of Sky, BT and TalkTalk today experienced a mass internet outage across parts of the UK.  The cause of the issue was a fire in an Openreach building in Newcastle, which damaged the cables carrying internet to the region.  The vast Openreach network is used by internet providers BT, Plusnet and TalkTalk, with rival … Read more