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Virgin Media outages and service status in Wigan, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.

Full Outage Map
  • Virgin Media generated 5 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Wigan, including 5 direct reports.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, Wi-fi, and Total Blackout.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received Aug 20, 6:22 PM GMT+1.
  • 42% Internet (42%)
  • 29% Wi-fi (29%)
  • 21% Total Blackout (21%)
  • 8% TV (8%)

The latest reports from users having issues in Wigan come from postal codes WN3 , WN2 , WN6 and WN5 .

Virgin Media offers mobile phone, television, broadband internet and phone service over the cable network. Virgin Media is part of NTL:Telewest. Virgin's mobile service is available under the Virgin Mobile brand, which operates as a mobile virtual network operator using the T-Mobile and Orange networks.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Wigan, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Wigan, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

August 20: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 03:20 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Live Outage Map Near Wigan, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Leyland, Warrington, Wigan, Bolton, St Helens, Altrincham, Chorley, and Prescot.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Leyland Total Blackout 38 minutes ago
Warrington Wi-fi 9 hours ago
Warrington Wi-fi 19 hours ago
Warrington Wi-fi 22 hours ago
Wigan Internet 23 hours ago
Bolton Internet 3 days ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Warrington

4 recent signals

9 hours ago
Bolton

2 recent signals

3 days ago
Leyland

1 recent signals

38 minutes ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Wigan, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Wigan and nearby locations:

  • ylilxanoi
    🥔 A bean has no name 🥔 (@ylilxanoi) reported from Wigan, England

    @Virgin @virginmedia I've had no Internet now for 14 days and my bill is due in 2 days. This is disgusting service, your call centre staff are useless, your engineers are useless, this is appalling for £52 a month. Sort the problem out now.

  • CallyRaven
    Carol Rowles (@CallyRaven) reported from Westhoughton, England

    @virginmedia And our Internet is down again this morning! So because its intermittent we don't get compensation, tried to call, can't get through (have to do it on mobile, our 'landline' is now internet reliant!)

  • Mick_McIver1984
    Mick Mc 23 (@Mick_McIver1984) reported from Kirkby, England

    Anyone else useless @virginmedia gone down got no internet house is in melt down

  • CllrMichaelHaw
    Councillor Michael Haw *🇺🇦 (@CllrMichaelHaw) reported from Eccleston, England

    Virgin media customer service 🥴😭🤯

  • CryptoDan2k
    CryptoDan2k (@CryptoDan2k) reported from Roby, England

    @virginmedia Done it again, 3 outages in 3 days. Very poor

  • Its_Sal_Queen
    Sarah Hill (@Its_Sal_Queen) reported from Liverpool, England

    Would love to be able to start work @virginmedia, but the Internet is down.

  • John_Kelly17
    John Kelly (@John_Kelly17) reported from St Helens, England

    @CruisingTheCut I’ve had very few issues with virgin media - depends if you need TV though. Otherwise I’ve heard very good things about over the air using the three network or EE.

  • ylilxanoi
    🥔 A bean has no name 🥔 (@ylilxanoi) reported from Wigan, England

    @Virgin @virginmedia #virginmediadown #VirginMedia Imagine paying £52 a month for Internet to be down for 5 days. We work from home. I've used all my 4g, had to buy more to do my job yet when you call up they say it'll be fixed by.. and keeps being postponeded. Fix it Virgin.

  • IanRobEfc1878
    IanRob79💙 (@IanRobEfc1878) reported from Wigan, England

    @virginmedia your red button service is absolute dogshit you either get the wrong commentary or it doesn’t even come on! 🤯🤬

  • ylilxanoi
    🥔 A bean has no name 🥔 (@ylilxanoi) reported from Wigan, England

    @virginmedia Internet is down in our area since Monday. I keep getting multiple emails saying it'll be fixed by 12pm tomorrow, then 4pm Wednesday 12pm Thursday, 12pm Friday and now 4pm Friday. None of your call centre staff can help us we've spent hours on hold this week.

  • J_w_D94
    LeChonk (@J_w_D94) reported from Horwich, England

    @virginmedia Hi, I'm tweeting from the device I'm having connectivity and signal issues with, I've looked on the website and it's not stating if you're having network issues or not.

  • NeckSausage
    NeckSausage (@NeckSausage) reported from Tarleton, England

    @virginmedia really poor coverage here PR4 6, is there a mast problem?

  • Radebreast
    Graeme Radebe (@Radebreast) reported from Ormskirk, England

    @virginmedia what have you done to the Sky TV app - its constantly buffering and showing error messages. Just awful service. Please can you get this sorted ASAP please.

  • SmithysMaud
    Mrs Smith (@SmithysMaud) reported from St Helens, England

    @virginmedia Nobody can help me, they just keep asking for patience. They’ve had since august to fix it. It’s unacceptable.

  • GaryBan47314801
    Gary Banks (@GaryBan47314801) reported from Liverpool, England

    @virginmedia This is not the first time. The service the last 12 months has been shocking And now you're asking for the over the top increase in monthly payments 😡😡😡

  • CallyRaven
    Carol Rowles (@CallyRaven) reported from Westhoughton, England

    @virginmedia 3 times in 3 weeks we are without internet! We are paying for a service we are not able to use! Are we going to be compensated for this?

  • EmmaZhaan64
    Emma (@EmmaZhaan64) reported from Roby, England

    @virginmedia according to your representative my wifi is working perfectly and I don’t have any issues! That’s a bit odd considering I no service what so ever!

  • Duddydudson
    Kevin Dudson (@Duddydudson) reported from Wigan, England

    @NigelJTurner @virginmedia Same for me, I can cancel or change my package by the 28th of march then get a 19% increase on my new package on the 1st of April. Only had my contract 5 months.being **** Turpind here!!!

  • CryptoDan2k
    CryptoDan2k (@CryptoDan2k) reported from Roby, England

    @virginmedia Yes I did! Look at the last screen shot, that page was down as well with an error message. Useless copy and paste replys. Not helpful atall

  • TheWiganParky
    Laser Lux, Wigan. (@TheWiganParky) reported from Haydock, England

    @virginmedia It says there's no issues at the moment, but I'm only getting 13mbps.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • CalJamesPhoto
    me (@CalJamesPhoto) reported

    @virginmedia please, for the love of god, give me a number here I can speak to a person.. I don’t have my 9 digit account number with me I need tech support, my landline is knackered. Your VA sucks It’s 2026 fgs, getting help should be easier than ever

  • PeteNCFC1862
    Pete (@PeteNCFC1862) reported

    @Derek959Derek @RayJones34 All the big 3 providers do it via the Good Things Foundation, apart from EE and BT who have there own arrangements for helping with data poverty. These help people on benefits so official status and a NI number is needed . Virgin Media O2 Vodaphone 3 do it via Databank .

  • davidc98
    Chambo (@davidc98) reported

    @elliviant £32 for 500mb down/up with Virgin Media , they tried making me pay £60 a month , rang them up and told them i was leaving and they put the price down for 3 years

  • GadgetsBoy
    Tomi (@GadgetsBoy) reported

    Trying to cancel a virgin media broadband has to be as painful as pulling teeth without local anaesthetic

  • sadelta99
    Andy (@sadelta99) reported

    @andy_nicks60 @virginmedia Thinking of leaving them myself due to this same issue - don’t want just a Streaming box - and their info during a fault is absolutely ridiculous and too many lies

  • Schmuley_Schlo
    Meersham (@Schmuley_Schlo) reported

    @heid_the_baw_ @virginmedia I chose plusnet because their customer service is good, never had much trouble been with them for years now after switching every couple of years

  • MalcDaySTFC
    Malcolm Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@MalcDaySTFC) reported

    @virginmedia @Carolestfc1 Cancel the subscription as not fit for purpose! Either that or a refund is the least you should expect.

  • doozerlyn
    doozerlyn (@doozerlyn) reported

    @YouMadBruv3r @virginmedia Check on their service checker page.... Mine says will be sorted at 1008 hours on 28th August... Very specific... I bet yours will be the same.... @virginmedia lying to everyone, refunding no one....

  • JJools67
    Julie Goldsmith (@JJools67) reported

    @virginmedia I have just spent over 1hr20mins on the phone trying to sort out my mothers virgin account she has dementia person I finally spoke to (after 3 other depts) put me on hold & we got cut off. He hasn’t bothered to call me back despite having my number! Dreadful service!

  • tilalx
    Tilal Manzoor (@tilalx) reported

    Hi @virginmedia, I've been without Internet & Landline services for 5 days, everyday am assured someone is fixing the service. Nobody comes, help desk have no information where the engineer is or why they don't show; Everyday I am told to be patient. Pls remedy this failure