There have also been reports of the outages affecting some people using smaller providers which use Three's network, as there have been 800 reports from customers of one such firm - Smarty - according to Downdetector.

There have been 3,000 reports from customers of one such firm - Smarty - according to DownDetector.

Some users also reported issues with their 4G and 5G, as well as some customers having problems with "no signal" and "total blackout" on Smarty, which operates on the Three network.

When I was little, I used to pray for small things that I really wanted, like a new bike or a Smarty Science Wiz Kit.

Some were widely used, such as literacy app Smarty Ants for young students.