Sky Broadband down leaving hundreds of customers without internet

SKY broadband has gone down this afternoon leaving around 10,000 customers in South East London without internet.

Issues with the service began around 2pm with more than 430 complaints being reported on complaints website, Downdetector.co.uk.

The majority of complaints (90 per cent) were about the lack of internet service, with just 8 per cent complaining about Sky TV.

The service has dropped as thousands of workers are relying on their broadband to be able to work from home during the pandemic lockdown.

The service provider did carry out essential maintenance in the early hours of this morning that would affect some areas, although these were outside of London and was said to be over by 6am.

In a tweet, Sky's help team wrote: "South East London. Customers may not be able to get online or make/receive calls.