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TalkTalk broadband problems?

TalkTalk is down for some users right now, checked at 06:45 on 28 October 2026. Confirmed on TalkTalk's own status page, ongoing since 23 Oct. TalkTalk status

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Five questions. One verdict.

Address-level · no signup · uses live TalkTalk outage data

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Reads live UK outage data · updated every few minutes

We'll check TalkTalk's status, probe your line and walk you through the fix. Then we'll show you what to switch to if it's not worth waiting.

How it works
  1. 01
    What's wrong?
    Pick the shape of the issue: no internet, slow, Wi-Fi only or keeps dropping.
  2. 02
    Silent probe
    We check TalkTalk's outage status, speed tests from other TalkTalk customers near you and your own recent results, all at once.
  3. 03
    One fix at a time
    Each step gets a 'did that help?' button. Try one thing, tell us, move on.
  4. 04
    Escalate if needed
    If two fixes don't work, you get a call script and a comparison of better deals at your address.
What we don’t do
  • Make you read an article and figure it out
  • Push a switch when the fix is a router restart
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TalkTalk guide

The TalkTalk troubleshooter, explained

10 days with an incident in the last 30 days. If it's happening right now, check our TalkTalk status page first. If TalkTalk is down for lots of people, no fix at your end will help, and the page shows when people stop reporting problems.

TalkTalk sells 8 speeds today, from 75 Mbps to 940 Mbps, all of them full fibre, so the fibre runs all the way into your home.

TalkTalk sells over Openreach and CityFibre, depending on the address. Who sends an engineer depends on which network reaches your home, and TalkTalk books them either way.

Full fibre lines end at a small box on the wall where the fibre comes in, separate from the router. Check it has power and look at its lights.

If a light on that box is red or off while it has power, say so when you report the fault: it points at the fibre rather than your router.

If the box looks normal, switch the router off at the wall for 30 seconds, then try a device plugged in with a cable.

Call TalkTalk on 0345 172 0088 (Mon to Sat 9am to 7pm) to report a fault. Free from a TalkTalk home phone.

TalkTalk has signed Ofcom's broadband speed code. That means TalkTalk gave you a minimum guaranteed speed when you joined. If your wired speed stays below it and TalkTalk can't fix it within 30 days, you can leave without an exit fee.

TalkTalk is signed up to Ofcom's automatic compensation scheme. If your service is completely down and still not fixed two full working days after you report it, you get a daily credit without having to ask. How automatic compensation works

Five short questions, one at a time. Then we check TalkTalk's outage picture, the speed tests other TalkTalk customers near you ran in the last 24 hours and any recent test from your postcode, and suggest one fix at a time with a "did that help?" button.

If two fixes don't work, you get a script to read out when you call TalkTalk, filled in with how long it's been going on and what you've tried, next to the cheapest deals at your address from other providers in case you'd rather leave. We earn a commission if you switch through us, never if you stay.

TalkTalk sells over Openreach and CityFibre, depending on the address. Who sends an engineer depends on which network reaches your home, and TalkTalk books them either way.

Call TalkTalk on 0345 172 0088 (Mon to Sat 9am to 7pm) to report a fault. Free from a TalkTalk home phone.

Three things at once: TalkTalk's outage picture on our status page (its own status where it publishes one, plus what people are reporting), the speed tests other TalkTalk customers in your postcode district ran in the last 24 hours and any test from your postcode in the last hour. That tells us whether it looks like a wider problem or something at your end.

TalkTalk has signed Ofcom's broadband speed code. That means TalkTalk gave you a minimum guaranteed speed when you joined. If your wired speed stays below it and TalkTalk can't fix it within 30 days, you can leave without an exit fee. TalkTalk is also signed up to Ofcom's automatic compensation scheme, so if the service is completely down and still not fixed two full working days after you report it, you get a daily credit without asking.

Outages, the speed tests we compare against and the deals we'd suggest all depend on where you are. A postcode lets us tell a problem in your area from one on your line.