Posted: Fri 16th Jun 2017

Sky Broadband May Not Be Fixed Until Morning

Wrexham.com for people living in or visiting the Wrexham area
This article is old - Published: Friday, Jun 16th, 2017

Sky Broadband users in the area could be without the internet until tomorrow morning.

As we reported earlier today the outage struck just before midday, and was the second time issues with Sky broadband have affected customers this week, with internet connectivity going down for several hours on Saturday.

Sky issued a few updates through the day, with the latest stating repairs will continue through the evening and into tomorrow morning:

Sky say: “Engineers remain onsite and due to the complexity of the repair, works are likely to continue overnight. We’ll provide an update on this page as soon as possible. We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused”

The ‘fibre cable break’ is affecting large parts of North Wales and Cheshire, with the full massive list of affected areas being given as: “Flint, Holywell, Mostyn, Rhyl, Wrexham North, Heswall, Irby, Hoylake, Abergele, Amlwch, Bangor, Bethesda, Holyhead, Llanfairfechan, Llangefni, Llanberis, Llanwnda, Menai Bridge, Old Colwyn, Penygroes, Port Dinorwic, Tynygongl, Valley, Buckley, Chester Central, Kelsall, Mickle Trafford, Tarporley, Tarvin, Aberconwy, Colwyn Bay Central, Llandudno, Llanrwst, Penmaenmawr, Rhuddlan, Rhos on Sea, St Asaph, Wrexham, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Caernarfon Caergwrle, Dolgellau, Llangollen, Nefyn, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Ruabon, and Rhosllanerchrugog”.

Keep an eye on our @Wrexham twitter feed for updates.



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