Reliance Jio Was Down Almost The Entire Afternoon And Here’s What People Had To Say
Just days after the Facebook services outage, India’s biggest telecom provider Reliance Jio was facing outages in the country. The Jio cellular network was down for many of the service's users and impacted several regions.
DownDectector showed high spikes for Reliance Jio throughout the day, however there are reports that some users are getting network services back on their mobile phones. The most notable area where Reliance Jio faced outage was in Madhya Pradesh and the surrounding areas. However, users from many parts of the country had been reporting since morning that they were unable to receive any signal on their Jio sim cards.
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Several users took to Twitter to complain about their angst and #JioDown is still on top of the trending list on Twitter in India. As of today, a peak of 4,000 users reported network issuers earlier in the day with thousands of reports still coming in at the time of writing this story. Reports from other cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Indore and Raipur are also coming in according to DownDetector.
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Due to the nature of the issue, many users also took to Twitter to share some hilarious memes. Some poked fun at the company while others mocked its competitors. Here’s how people reacted to the Reliance Jio outage today:
Meanwhile Airtel owner :
KARMA is a bitch!
— RJ Prateek Bhawal (@Bhawal_007)After watching Whatsapp,Facebook,instagram down.
Le Jio -
Airtel and Vi after news of
— Sarcasm ™️ (@SarcasticRofl)Meanwhile jio users try to find the network
— Praveen Deshmukh (Social Activist) (@CovidCareIndore)
yesterday &
and today, functioning source of all above down now,
what should I do?
Currently, it is not clear as to why Jio is malfunctioning in certain parts of the country. An explanation for the outage is expected soon and we will update the story once we know more. It is worth pointing out that JioFiber and Jio networks are functional in our part of the city, however it may not be the same for you. We suggest reaching out to Reliance Jio’s customer care on phone or on Twitter to get a real-time update on the situation.
