Virgin Media outages and service status in Whitley Bay, England

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.

Live Outage Map Near Whitley Bay, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Sunderland, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Gateshead, Jarrow, Bedlington, North Shields, Whitley Bay, and Washington.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Sunderland	TV	4 days ago
Wallsend	TV	6 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Internet	7 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Internet	7 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Internet	8 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	Internet	9 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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  Steph. (@stephwales_) reported 47 seconds ago from Gateshead, England

  @virginmedia 2 technicians over a week period, 4 visits. TV back on but Internet on and off now. Will be ringing Sky tomorrow and also your cancellation team. Clearly this is my service from now on.

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  LKP - DJ / Vocalist (PSiMiTAR) (@DJLKP) reported 8 minutes ago from Whitley Bay, England

  @virginmedia Yep. Intermittent service

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  Paul Jukes A874036 (@UnicornRunning) reported 11 minutes ago from South Shields, England

  @virginmedia Nothing reported when I checked before tweeting. Seems to have stabilised for now but must've dropped 15-20 times in the last 48h. No faults were reported on the site when my father-in-law had a complete loss of service a couple of months ago, but it was reported on the helpline.

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  claire🐱🐾🐾 (@clairekitty12) reported 14 minutes ago from Gateshead, England

  @virginmedia But do you understand that this is a problem in my area you were aware of ! Said it would be fixed but it hasen't ? It just needs reporting i don't need a tech to my house i beed it to the area

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  Steph. (@stephwales_) reported 20 minutes ago from Gateshead, England

  A week of no issues after a month of next to no tv and now it starts all over again. I have sound and the guide but just a black screen on every channel. So glad my contract is up, deffo going to be leaving this time. Waste of time and money!!!!! @virginmedia

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  liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported 20 minutes ago from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

  @virginmedia what's going on still nothing no data no phone service nothing sort it out

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  Mike Moody (@classicm) reported 24 minutes ago from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

  @virginmedia All my tv, broadband and phone services are down. Nobody available from Virgin to help. Done all the usual checks and still off.

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  Pete Irving (@ZicoPete) reported 24 minutes ago from Sunderland, England

  @virginmedia what channels do I need to go down for a stable connection check in my area, two days in a row internet keeps dropping not ideal when working from home. Thanks.

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  Nic Johnston 🇺🇦🌻 (@Nicola_Johnston) reported 24 minutes ago from Mitford, England

  @virginmedia come on. You just have a good idea from the outage earlier today how long this is going to take. I’m trying to WFH with Covid. @bt_uk how long does it take to switch providers?

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  claire🐱🐾🐾 (@clairekitty12) reported 26 minutes ago from Gateshead, England

  @virginmedia I did the online thing before contacting u it says needs a tech . But it doesnt it needs your outage fixed .

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  David Pearce (@pearceswan) reported 27 minutes ago from Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

  @virginmedia I know my line is spoofed, when an incoming call from a foreign country is giving out I’m not wrong number as I’m being spoofed I am technically aware of this I used to provide support for a very large telecommunications company

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  Keith Dawson (@KeithRwc) reported 28 minutes ago from Washington, England

  Looks 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?

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  Paul Jukes A874036 (@UnicornRunning) reported 30 minutes ago from South Shields, England

  Ye gods, @virginmedia customer service is beyond terrible. An hour trying to resolve a "phantom calls" issue last night which now needs an engineer visit, and spotted that a direct debit is in an incorrect name but this can't be changed via WhatsApp chat and needs *another* call.

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  Mr Smoggie (@PaulCraig24) reported 31 minutes ago 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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  Paul fletcher (@P25_Fletch) reported 36 minutes ago from South Shields, England

  @virginmedia Hi, I’ve tried to call 5 times to cancel services without success. I’m emigrating in January and I’ve no idea how else to try and contact you. Could someone please DM me so I can pass on phone number to receive a call ?

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  Alvin TX Fernandez (@allymcgeorge) reported 37 minutes ago from Whitley Bay, England

  @virginmedia hi I need to cancel an engineer appointment but clearly you've made this difficult to do. Any thoughts?

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  Sarah (@Rainbowztwit) reported 40 minutes ago from Whitley Bay, England

  .@virginmedia Broadband down - phone line states because of 'improvements'- not expected back until 3pm. Why was there no notice so I could arrange to work from alternate location? How do I get warning in future?

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  Real Gaz on a proper bike #fbpe (@gazza_d) reported 53 minutes ago from South Shields, England

  @_MMaritima @virginmedia Wired speed test would be to isolate between a wireless problem or the connection in. Router might be shielded which would kill signal. Make sure other electronics aren't too close. I can ruin my wireless if I put router on top of my TiVo box

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  David Pearce (@pearceswan) reported 55 minutes ago from Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

  @virginmedia I spoke to them the other day they told me that you do not record any time when the broadband drops out only when a customer calls in so please can you get this sorted out thank you

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  Paul Corney (@Corney77) reported 60 minutes ago from Choppington, England

  @virginmedia 57 mins on a call to be hung up on. Services don’t work correctly and haven’t since Oct. Looking to cancel and no one helping. Disgusting service

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Dmh (@Dmhches) reported 4 minutes ago

  @virginmedia I am having wi fi issues now, I haven’t been able to access the red button on sky sports for some time now and frankly I’m fed up. Please can you advise on the current wi fi issues and what options I have for exiting my contract without penalty

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  𝙱𝚊𝚢𝙹𝚊𝚢𝚉𝚞𝚜🥀 (@BayJayZus) reported 6 minutes ago

  @virginmedia @moonpeach212 And what an absolute joke your customer service has become! I can't believe I am paying for this sh¡t!

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  John smith (@smith_john33910) reported 6 minutes ago

  @LordDunners @ryantegan @skytv When I wanted to cancel Virgin Media they would not let me. I had to force a cancellation by withholding payment. Yes I got rid of Virgin Media..but it left a nasty “non payment” black mark on my credit rating. So beware!

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  David James Pearce (@pearceswan) reported 7 minutes ago

  @MariaSale8 @virginmedia I am a Virgin Media customer, not an advisor

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  APTS Archive (@APTSArchive) reported 8 minutes ago

  Quick update following my post - I did have a DM discussion with VirginMedia. Apparently all refunds are process via cheque payments and posted to you - and I’ve got to wait up to 45 days - yes 45 days for the cheque. If I’ve not received it by then I’ve got to contact them again and they will investigate why - probably waiting another 45 days. This is disgusting behaviour @virginmedia, despite it being so called company policy. You took £1,070 from our account despite assurance the equipment return date had been extended, causing us to be overdrawn, yet you now hang on to our money for up to 45 days! It doesn’t take 45 days for a computer to print a cheque!

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  Jamboy (@briamjam) reported 9 minutes ago

  Just to.let you know I have successfully agreed a new contract with you happy with the result and over-the-years haven't had any major issues,touch wood of course @virginmedia

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  Rob (@robiand) reported 10 minutes ago

  @virginmedia TV and Broadband broken for over a week after your engineers damaged the cable to my house whilst installing a new customer. Repair should have been Saturday, was cancelled and rescheduled for yesterday, cancelled! and now cancelled again today. I’m moving to @skytv

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  parody of a parody of a parody of nothing (@emnm69backup) reported 10 minutes ago

  Hey @virginmedia Why are there constant broadband issues in the fy4 area? Regular cut offs. At least half a dozen times so far this month. Contract to soon, so maybe time to switch if you can't provide a reliable service. Ps,your chat bot is also as useless as your broadband.

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  R (@Rah333m111) reported 11 minutes ago

  @O2 @virginmedia spent months trying to resolve incorrect default from Jan 2026.Multiple complaints have been incorrectly closed/ignored/been passed between departments. No deadlock letter closed my complaint without addressing my response. @LutzSchueler help! Comp unacceptable!

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  Allison🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🌻🦔📚 (@bookwormmumof2) reported 11 minutes ago

  @virginmedia It’s been sorted now, four weeks after two men from comex2000 dropped a heavy metal manhole onto our Internet connections You need to sort out your customer service, cause it’s absolutely dreadful. I told them that the 2 men had ruined this connection, but no one took any notice