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Coverage in Little Thurrock

Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Update: 04 December 2025

For mast which has been damaged by a fire in the cabinet, our engineers have been working with the power company to access the area and re-instate the power supply. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, we expect the power to be re-instated and all work completed by the middle of December. 

For the replacement mast at the first location, we are working with the fibre company to access the area and install the leased line. Once the leased line has been installed, we can start integrating the mast onto the network and confirm an on-air date for the new mast. 

For the second location, legal steps are continuing to legally acquire the land from the landowner. Pending a positive outcome from the legal negotiations, we can start building the equipment needed for the new mast and confirm an approximate on-air date.

We will keep you updated on this post.


We are aware of a signal issue that is affecting some of our customers in the Little Thurrock area. Our mast in the area had to be removed from the existing site in November 2025, as this was requested by the landowner. The service in Little Thurrock has also been impacted by another mast in the area being offline since September 2025, due to a fire in the cabinet. Our engineers have repaired the damaged equipment, and are waiting for the power supply to be re-instated. Once we have a date for the power to be re-instated and the mast to be back on-air, we will update this post.

To provide the same level of coverage lost by the existing mast being removed, we will require two new masts and our engineers began looking for new locations as soon as we were made aware our equipment had to be removed and found two suitable areas. 

For the first location, our engineers have built the equipment needed for the new mast and are waiting for a leased line to be installed by the Fibre Company. Once the leased line has been installed, we can start integrating the mast onto the network and confirm an on-air date for the new mast. 

For the second location, our engineers have started legal steps to legally acquire the land from the landowner. Pending a positive outcome from the legal negotiations, we can start building the equipment needed for the new mast and confirm an approximate on-air date.

We will keep you updated on this post.

We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused. In the meantime, you may be able to use WiFi Calling to make and receive calls and texts over a WiFi connection. 

For information on who can use WiFi Calling and how to set up this service, please see our Using WiFi Calling, Help page.

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Ionvet
Contributor
Contributor

Will we get any compensation for this? Especially when no date for the restoration of the service can be provided. Thank you.

Bramy83
Visitor

Does not sound like there is a quick fix. Already been 3 days of without phone signal. 3 contracts in our household with no signal. Absolute nightmare! I agree there should be some compensation.. The damaged mask is at the end of my road. 

ee_user14
Established Contributor
Established Contributor

@Bramy83 wrote:

The damaged mask is at the end of my road. 


Bet that was fun on Halloween.

Warrenbe
Explorer

So this doesn’t sound like a quick fix?

CRaper
Contributor
Contributor

Please advise as to how we get compensation! My father had a terminal condition and I need to be contactable. WiFi calling is no use if you are out and about 

Carol1511
Visitor

I have had no network for 2/3 days, i need network conection due needing contact for my very elderly mother, who does not use wifi. There must be some urgent temporary fix for this probem. How do we apply for compensation. Or do we just not pay our bill !!!

They credited our full months bill yesterday. We have 3 numbers on one account and they credited all.

Louise267
Visitor

Have had no network since Monday and have missed some very important calls from doctors, children’s school etc. Is there going to be any form of compensation as a service hasn’t been provided?

CRaper
Contributor
Contributor

I have spent 50mins on the chat via the app!

at the end of the conversation I was advised that when signal comes back fully I should call 150 to discuss compensation 

there really should be automatic compensation for those in affected areas