Openreach latest

Many areas are still suffering as a result of the severe weather. Further snowfall, mobility issues, network damage and faults caused by the weather and a backlog of jobs mean that the following areas are still subject to MBORC:

Highlands / North East Scotland

Tayside and Fife

South East Scotland

West Scotland

Newcastle and Northumberland

Tyneside, Durham and Wearside

Tees Valley

York

Bradford

Leeds

South Yorkshire/Chesterfield

Derby

Nottingham

Lincoln

Peterborough

Colchester

Southend

Canterbury

Brighton

Southampton

Esher

Croydon

Crayford

Tunbridge Wells

South and North Manchester

Openreach have, from 14:00 today, added the following areas to the list of MBORC areas:

South West Scotland
Northern Ireland

MBORC declarations have now been lifted in the following areas:

Maidenhead

Portsmouth

Southbank

Central Manchester

however, please be advised that there will still be longer than usual delays in many of these areas.

Openreach Update

Following some improvements in the weather, Openreach have lifted the MBORC declarations for the following areas:

Maidenhead

Southbank

Portsmouth

All other MBORC declarations are still in place. While conditions have shown some improvement over the weekend, many areas are still having issues with accessibility, particularly in rural areas.

Openreach service update

The following places have now had MBORC declarations put on them:

Derby

Nottingham

Canterbury

Brighton

Portsmouth

Southampton

Maidenhead

These are in addition to the places named in the previous update. While access and mobility in some areas has improved, service is still not back to normal. More updates to follow.

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Current weather’s impact on Openreach

The current severe weather is impacting on everyone at the moment, Openreach included. While every effort is being made to maintain service there have been cases of missed and/or cancelled appointments, as a result of this over the last few days Openreach have issued ‘Matter beyond our reasonable control’ (MBORC) declarations for many of the worst affected areas of the country.

MBORC declarations are currently applied to:

Highlands

North East Scotland

Tayside and Fide

South East Scotland

West Scotland

Newcastle and Northumberland

Tyneside, Durham and Wearside

Tees Valley

York

Bradford

Leeds

South Yorkshire/Chesterfield

Lincoln

Esher

Croydon

Crayford

Southbank

Tunbridge Wells

Updates on the situation and it’s progress will be added as we get them. If you are a current Deep Blue customer and would like to receive email and text updates please let us know by emailing info@deepbluetelecom.co.uk