There is currently no access by phone or the internet to local hospitals and Redbridge Council.
The network, provided by Virgin Media, has broken down.
Both Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone and King George Hospital in Goodmayes are affected.
Engineers are said to be working on the problem.
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