Unless you've been living under a rock then the national problems with flooding can't have escaped your attention. Over the weekend the situation became critical, taking out power, fresh water supplies and phone lines in areas across the country.

Naturally this has also impacted a number of ISP's, especially broadband providers, causing everything from complete server outages to increased customer support calls.

The offices of one ISP, Namesco, are now under water and without power or telecoms etc.:



Meanwhile another provider, Aquiss Internet, has setup a special floodline aimed at helping to get customers reconnected as soon as possible:


Typically customers should have patience with any affected provider; ultimately all are at the mercy of this weather, which looks set to continue for a little while yet. It’s anticipated that the problems could potentially get worse before they get better.