Fire at BT Paddington node causes widespread problems
31 March 2010
A fire at a BT building in central London is causing widespread landline, internet and mobile network problems, according to reports.
A blaze at Burne House in North Paddington was reported this morning.
According to Gradwell, a business ISP, 437 local exchanges and up to 37,500 Datastream circuits have been affected. It said the fire was having nationwide repercussions on communications.
Vodafone has told customers its network was also hit by the incident.
BT said in a statement: “Following a fire at a BT exchange in the Paddington area, customers in parts of North and West London may be experiencing a loss of broadband and/or telephone service. Customers in other parts of the country may also be affected."
The company was still assessing the impact of the damage, it said, "but will only know the full extent of the impact once the site has been declared safe and our engineers are able to enter the building. We will issue a further update once we have more information on the incident.”
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