{"id":47221,"date":"2026-07-02T17:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=47221"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:18:07","slug":"runnymede-council-says-bt-cut-off-their-phone-and-internet-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/07\/runnymede-council-says-bt-cut-off-their-phone-and-internet-connections.html","title":{"rendered":"Runnymede Council Says BT Cut Off their Phone and Internet Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.runnymede.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Runnymede Borough Council<\/a> (RBC) in Surrey (England) appears to be claiming that &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> have cut off the phone and internet connections<\/em>&#8220;, which a council account on Facebook said had left &#8220;<em>as many as 2000 vulnerable residents without their Community Alarm service which summons help in an emergency<\/em>&#8220;. But the reality may be more complex.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The incident, which was first spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkbroadband.com\/news\/runnymede-council-control-centre-problems-affecting-community-alarm-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinkbroadband<\/a> this afternoon, was perhaps initially being a bit miscategorised by the council account, not least because it&#8217;s far more likely to be a general network fault than an intentional disconnection (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> would be incredibly unlikely to behave that way toward a local authority).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, the council&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/runnymedebc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a> and website have since been updated to use a more generic message: &#8220;<em>We are currently experiencing some technical disruption to our telephone and online services. Please try again later today. We apologise for any inconvenience<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ISPreview has contacted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> in the hope of clarifying the situation and when it will be resolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Runnymede Borough Council (RBC) in Surrey (England) appears to be claiming that &#8220;BT have cut off the phone and internet connections&#8220;, which a council account on Facebook said had left &#8220;as many as 2000 vulnerable residents without their Community Alarm service which summons help in an emergency&#8220;. 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