BRITISH Telecom has apologised after thousands of Oxfordshire people were unable to use their telephones this morning.
A fault at a phone exchange in Abingdon left people across South and West Oxfordshire unable to make or receive calls.
The problem became apparent at 8am, and was fixed after three-and-a-half hours. Homes and businesses in Abingdon, Witney, West Hanney, Sutton Courtenay and Chipping Norton were among those affected.
A spokeswoman for the phone company said: “We apologise to all our customers. As soon as we were alerted to the problem we fixed it.”
The spokesman could not confirm exactly how many phones had been affected.
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