Octotel is currently experiencing the following issue:
Start Date & Time: 17/07/2026 @08:20
Affected Area/s: Gugulethu
Impact: Customers may experience no connectivity.
Octotel technicians are currently investigating. There is no ETR at the moment.
Update: 17/07/2026 @16:51
Octotel confirmed that this outage was resolved on 17/07/2026 @16:51. Please restart your devices and contact our Support Team at 010 593 2665 or support@coolideas.co.za should you still experience connection issues.
Update: 17/07/2026 @15:56
Octotel engineers are still in progress with the fibre resplicing to restore connectivity to those affected customers. Certain customer connections have been restored.
ETR for complete restoration: +- 3 Hours
Update: 17/07/2026 @13:49
Octotel engineers are still in progress with the fibre resplicing to restore connectivity to those affected customers.
Certain customer connections have been restored. ETR for complete restoration: +- 4 Hours
Update: 17/07/2026 @12:44
Octotel engineers have commenced with the fibre repairs to restore connectivity to those affected customers.
ETR for complete restoration: ± 6hrs
Update: 17/07/2026 @11:57
Octotel engineers have commenced with the fibre repairs to restore connectivity to those affected customers.
ETR for complete restoration: to be confirmed
Update: 17/07/2026 @10:45
Octotel's engineers are still assessing the damage across our fibre infrastructure.
Once all the damage is pinpointed, We'll provide an estimated ETR for the full restoration process.
Update: 17/07/2026 @09:27
Octotel's engineers are currently on-site, assessing the damage across our fibre infrastructure. Once all the damage is pinpointed, We'll provide an estimated ETR for the full restoration process.
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