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Virgin Media outages and service status in Whitley Bay, England

Problems detected

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

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  • 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 TV, Internet, and Wi-fi.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received May 15, 10:19 PM GMT+1.
  • 50% TV (50%)
  • 30% Internet (30%)
  • 9% Wi-fi (9%)
  • 5% Total Blackout (5%)
  • 3% E-mail (3%)
  • 3% Phone (3%)

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.

May 16: Problems at Virgin Media

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Live Outage Map Near Whitley Bay, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Wallsend, North Shields, Borough of North Tyneside, South Shields, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Jarrow, Bedlington, and Washington.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Gateshead TV 13 hours ago
Newcastle upon Tyne Internet 19 hours ago
Sunderland Wi-fi 22 hours ago
Wallsend Phone 1 day ago
North Shields E-mail 1 day ago
Borough of North Tyneside Internet 1 day ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

North Shields

10 recent signals

1 day ago
South Shields

9 recent signals

2 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne

8 recent signals

19 hours ago
Wallsend

8 recent signals

1 day ago
Sunderland

7 recent signals

22 hours 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:

  • Dave_is_Elvis
    David (@Dave_is_Elvis) reported from Boldon Colliery, England

    @virginmedia checked your outage tracker and says all services good on the area. Been without internet for nearly an hour. What is going on?

  • VictoriaBarry82
    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!!

  • Carl_Walsh33
    Carl Walsh (@Carl_Walsh33) reported from Wallsend, England

    @virginmedia I look forward to the money off the bill for the issues.

  • UnicornRunning
    Paul Jukes A874036 (@UnicornRunning) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia Lots of people are complaining about this on the customer forums. We've had very little downtime since the separate router was connected, it's suddenly gone to pot and seems to be a general issue at the moment.

  • Neil_Rivelino
    Neil Todd (@Neil_Rivelino) reported from Mitford, England

    @virginmedia @virginmedia still no reply. Have asked 3 times how 2 claim back for our additional browsing fees incurred due 2 #VirginMedia’s incompetence & are ghosted by your ‘customer resolve agent’. great when we spoke to her, was clearly pacifying.Happy to name her & share her email here?

  • Carl_Walsh33
    Carl Walsh (@Carl_Walsh33) reported from Wallsend, England

    @jmstocka @virginmedia Has to be the worst app going. It regularly says this to me despite the 47 step verification

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

    @_MMaritima @virginmedia I'd say that needs an engineer visit then at least. Probably either a bad connection or a flakey modem. Phone and log it every time it goes off.

  • TrevorRidley
    Trid (@TrevorRidley) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @Designer_Ross @SkyHelpTeam @virginmedia Yeah that’s the issue I’ve come across . Slow download speeds but always reported at just above the payment threshold. It’s got worse recently

  • PaulCraig24
    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

  • liamsholder91
    liam sholder (@liamsholder91) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia sorry for the late reply I smashed my phone I phoned customer service and I'm still waiting for someone to phone me iv had NO TV for about 15 days now

  • VictoriaBarry82
    Victoria barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia I’ve looked & it’s no help

  • P25_Fletch
    Paul fletcher (@P25_Fletch) reported 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 ?

  • scotty8461
    Bob Scott (@scotty8461) reported from Shiremoor, England

    @virginmedia more disgustingly slow speeds in NE27

  • Nicola_Johnston
    Nic Johnston 🇺🇦🌻 (@Nicola_Johnston) reported 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?

  • ZicoPete
    Pete Irving (@ZicoPete) reported from Sunderland, England

    On hold with @virginmedia for 20 minutes then they decided to cut my call.. great service. 👍

  • pumbingchap
    Cameron Ross (@pumbingchap) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Well that was a pointless exercise reaching out to yourselves. Just proves once again what a load of rubbish Virgin is…. #virginmedia #garbage #dailymirror

  • NETheatreGuide
    NETheatreGuide (@NETheatreGuide) reported from Walker Gate, England

    Time for the @virginmedia renewal. They want to hike the price. We want a new reliable WiFi box which they promised but didn't deliver last time. To be honest @BT is looking attractive as they may improve the signal around the house.

  • SharBella72
    Bella (@SharBella72) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia internet is down, again in Sunderland area.

  • vitosauras
    🦦 Helen (@vitosauras) reported from Gateshead, England

    **** off Virgin Media, useless bollocks

  • Corney77
    Paul Corney (@Corney77) reported 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:

  • GrantRfc89
    ... (@GrantRfc89) reported

    @ArmchairAdml Just give notice or switch to a different provider. I had similar with Virgin media recently and literally had to have my wife try and open a new account at the address before I got a deal comparable to the new customer one.

  • loopyloupy
    lou pitt 🤓 (@loopyloupy) reported

    @virginmedia I have no service at all telling me to look at service checker doesn't help

  • BinghamBloke
    Mark Richardson (@BinghamBloke) reported

    @virginmedia Any chance of getting ITV1 back anytime soon? 2 boxes still not working properly 24 hours later

  • GemmaMurphyxxx
    Gemma Murphy (@GemmaMurphyxxx) reported

    @virginmedia Been off nearly 24 hours. My nannan is elderly and she cant watch anything. She lives alone and pays a lot for this service. Its ridiculous.

  • LadyLucia05
    Lucia (@LadyLucia05) reported

    @UtilitaEnergy I'm abroad and unable to access my account via app or webpage, my family at home are unable to access it 1) He has visual impairment issues so is unable to read the meter, 2) @virginmedia is down so I do not know how much credit I have till I get home on Monday.

  • DSB4454
    Dean (@DSB4454) reported

    @virginmedia My Tv service is still down Pe7 area. Every week we have issues with distorted and pixellated channels. What the hell is wrong with you people. No apology ever given. The service is a disgrace.Been with you for 12+ years. Contract up in July and then you can go to hell

  • cuddy271
    Michael Cuddington (@cuddy271) reported

    All we are getting on our tv is a scrambled picture @virginmedia are no longer the people you can rely on, they have become far too expensive , their customer service is non exsistent and people are going elsewhere.

  • RichardDavies20
    Richard Davies (@RichardDavies20) reported

    @darreng3007 @virginmedia Having the same issue called 150 said that there is an ongoing issue, cant find out when it might be back up and running

  • gordonwd
    David Gordon (@gordonwd) reported

    @virginmedia So you accept there's been an error processing my order and tell my you can't resolve it - I have to call your customer support team. I call them, get out on hold for 5-10 minutes and the call simply gets disconnected. Been a fan of you guys for years - I'm wavering.

  • trapdoor456
    Berk (@trapdoor456) reported

    @BBCWatchdog would you be interested in my story regarding disgusting customer service off @virginmedia regarding a repayment for a bereavement issue?