Virgin Media outages and service status in Whitley Bay, England
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, tv and wi-fi.
Full Outage Map
- Virgin Media generated 3 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Whitley Bay, including 3 direct reports.
- The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, Wi-fi, and TV.
- The most recent signal from this area was received Jul 9, 3:02 PM GMT+1.
- Internet (54%)
- Wi-fi (15%)
- TV (15%)
- Total Blackout (10%)
- Phone (5%)
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 Whitley Bay, England
The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Whitley Bay, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
July 9: Problems at Virgin Media
Virgin Media is having issues since 06:00 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!
Live Outage Map Near Whitley Bay, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Wallsend, Gateshead, Jarrow, South Shields, Blyth, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Washington, and Borough of North Tyneside.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Newcastle upon Tyne
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Total Blackout | 8 hours ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Wi-fi | 10 hours ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Internet | 19 hours ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Wi-fi | 1 day ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Wi-fi | 2 days ago |
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Sunderland
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TV | 3 days ago |
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Whitley Bay, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Whitley Bay and nearby locations:
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Paul Jukes A874036 (@UnicornRunning) reported from South Shields, England@virginmedia This appears to be a known issue on your forums (phantom calls) but we refuse to be charged for the visit. Also waiting for a WhatsApp for over an hour because the direct debit still has his late wife's name on account after 7+ years, & we can't change it online (same acc no.).
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liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England@virginmedia basically I can't do anything on the stream box comes up contact customer care I do then I get absolute no were...look I understand everyone has teething problems but this needs sorting ASAP because different when you need the money I ain't paying for something I can't use said
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Georgina McGowan (@seldomseenkid16) reported from Gateshead, England@virginmedia can you help with my phone services not currently working
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Steph. (@stephwales_) reported from Gateshead, England@virginmedia everything else is working except kids channels 712 to 717, W02 error. No other channel issues or broadband, done all the standard resets, unplugged at mains etc. Do I need to call to have this resolved? TV guide just says 'to be announced' Everything else is fine.
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Carl Walsh (@Carl_Walsh33) reported from Wallsend, England@virginmedia Everything was working fine till 13.20 and areas started going off but come 14.00 its gone completely. Think loads of folks BrobbeyBand is down
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emma (@ema_neale) reported from Sunderland, England@virginmedia Thanks for your reset help earlier it worked, unlike waiting 10 hrs for someone to finally respond to me again via WhatsApp. I was told that there were no offers for current customers yet your website states otherwise!
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Ceeb 🏴🇺🇦 (@PatternThimble) reported from Cramlington, England@bt_uk you have 45 mins to meet the 10-12 appointment. That I took the day off for. Defo looks like I'm going to be a @virginmedia customer soon.
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Mr Smoggie (@PaulCraig24) reported from Whitley Bay, England@virginmedia Unfortunately not. The issue is she doesn’t receive any communication from Virgin apart from a monthly text with the link to her account. As she has no password etc she can’t access it
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Victoria barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland, England@virginmedia Yes spoke to a member of the team, we have been having issues with our wifi. She offered to send another booster & cable out free off charge. Available on our contract. I’ve just received email to say my payments are going up to £60!!
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Sam (@purplelime) reported from South Shields, England@virginmedia can you let me know if are there any problems with landline in the NE34 area? Can’t make or receive calls, not sure how long it’s been this way. Your status page says all services are fine. Thanks.
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Gareth Miller 🇺🇦 (@geemiller71) reported from South Shields, England@virginmedia broadband down??? Ne34????
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LKP - DJ / Vocalist (PSiMiTAR) (@DJLKP) reported from Whitley Bay, England@virginmedia Yep. Intermittent service
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Pete Irving (@ZicoPete) reported from Sunderland, England@virginmedia No, tried 3 times on hold for 20 minutes then cut off by agents without saying a word. After checking other responses I can see this has been the issue either other customers.
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Hilly Marshall (@hylt64) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England@virginmedia The issue is I’m trying to cancel my services but I see how you keep customers as nobody will answer the phone to do this hence the reason nobody can leave I’ve now been on hold 1hr 14mins which is totally unacceptable
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Victoria barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland, England@virginmedia I’ve looked & it’s no help
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Deggsy™ (@Deggsytweets) reported from Sunderland, England@virginmedia I have to wait 24hrs & call back not only is the red light an issue, the WiFi has now stopped working!
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Maxine Tennet (@maxinetennet74) reported from Walker Gate, EnglandWhat will it take for @virginmedia to actually sort out an account after a bereavement??? 3 months later, endless calls and empty promises. Continued anxiety and distress for an elderly woman is not the bereavement service I’d expect. Appalling.
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Steph. (@stephwales_) reported from Gateshead, England@virginmedia That was the original issue, the main thing outside was flooded and corroded (affecting 6 customers in street), so the network team I think came and fixed that, we've had 1 week of working service until today.
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Gareth Miller (@geemiller71) reported from South Shields, England@virginmedia Horrific customer service
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Keith Dawson (@KeithRwc) reported from Washington, EnglandLooks like @virginmedia are again trying to take Netflix payment that should already be included in my Volt. This is disgusting behaviour having already spoke to them previously!! Anyone else having similar issues?
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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JFT97 (@Mr_ITellYah) reportedFk me this #virgin360 box is horrendous. Why the fk did @virginmedia change from the Tivo box that was perfect. I hatr this 360 box, it’s sooooo ****!!!!! 🤬
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Waqar (@Waqar83971366) reported@Ofcom Regardless of the fines they've still not improved with broadband, customer service and their prices are always high yet can't provide good service and quality of signals and equipment.. they need a full upgrade in equipment, signal quality and customer service @virginmedia
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fatmogs1 🐎 (@fatmogs1) reported@virginmedia What about poor O2 customers who have been trying for months, with loads of wasted hours of listening to hold music, to unlock their accounts. I have been told 17 times now that it would be sorted, still not sorted. I think I’ll need to move all my family’s phones.
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Addy (@iadnan9) reported@ipa1869 @virginmedia Virgin Media fined £28m over 'deliberately dropping calls' and putting people on hold 'for no reason' Customers trying to cancel or switch were routinely put through the wringer by Virgin's customer service agents, an investigation by the regulator has found.
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chris floyd (@mrchrisfloyd) reported@Ofcom @virginmedia love this!!! They’ve been at this for years!! Hanging up on customers! I hope it affects their staff now. Because ultimately it’s the company that gets fined for this, not the rude, stuck up staff they’ve got working for the company
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Zahid Ramzan (@zahid_ramzan) reported@virginmedia internet service down since 1 PM Birmingham anyone else having issues?
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Kelly Kilner (@KellyKilner) reportedGood. This is the WORST telecoms company. I’m still reeling from the bad service i endured in Nov, Dec 2025. @virginmedia. I have said that I will write to Ofcom but tbh…I feel worn by them. There is a whole industry and profits based on BAD customer service.
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UK France premium subscription (@garam14746) reportedTired of paying for multiple subscriptions like Sky, BT Sport, Virgin Media, Now TV, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+? I have got the solution. This IPTV offers: • 300,000+ live channels • 65,000+ VODs • PPV events 👌 • l • 78,000+ movies
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Aquanaut 2025 (@aquanauts2019) reported@virginmedia You are going down hill rapidly. Top management need replacing with someone who can sort your company out. I have put off spending an hour plus on the phone to sort out TV pixelation. Also fed up with being fobbed off with secondhand kit. I am out ASAP
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Ramnish Kalsi (@ramnishkalsi) reported@virginmedia hope you are happy with the extra £200 when you failed to cancel my contract after 2 hours on phone. Karma strikes eventually.