UAE residents face slow internet because of outage

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Users are taking to social media to raise awareness on the outage.

Published: Sat 14 Mar 2020, 2:43 PM

Updated: Sun 15 Mar 2020, 7:36 AM

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Etisalat and du users took to social media on Saturday saying that they are currently facing problems with their internet connection.
On Twitter, users say that they are facing problems their wi-fi connection and home internet packages. Some users even said that they tried restarting their router but to no avail.

Why is internet slow with both Etisalat and Du? What if all schools go online next week?
- hans van loon (@hvloon08) March 14, 2020

Slow internet. How am I supposed to watch my shows now? Etisalat Pls
- GAZ ?? (@GhanemAIz) March 14, 2020

Yup. Du not working (WiFi).
Switched to Etisalat data and it's fine.

Omg, has coronavirus claimed @dutweets? ?????? https://t.co/F74jcyRfY7
- ?? Rachel McArthur (@raychdigitalink) March 14, 2020

You are not alone - friends in Marina and here in the Greens the same wonky internet. @dutweets has some kind of interruption.
- Koolpep (@Koolpep) March 14, 2020

In a tweet, du addressed the outage and told customers that they are facing a technical defect in home services due to an issue with one of the global marine cables. Du said that their teams are working to restore services as soon as possible.

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- du (@dutweets) March 14, 2020

Latest updates from downdetector.com confirmed that there are currently problems at both Etisalat and du. A live outage map shows Dubai and Abu Dhabi are heavily affected by the outage.

UAE residents face slow internet because of outage

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