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Virgin Media Outage Report in Whickham, Gateshead, England

Problems detected

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

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 Whickham, England

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

Virgin Media Outage Chart in Whickham, Gateshead, England 03/18/2025 04:45

March 18: Problems at Virgin Media

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.

  1. Internet (55%)

    Internet (55%)

  2. Wi-fi (16%)

    Wi-fi (16%)

  3. Total Blackout (14%)

    Total Blackout (14%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (6%)

    E-mail (6%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Whickham, Gateshead, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Wallsend, Consett, Gateshead, North Shields, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Chester-le-Street, South Shields, Jarrow and Hebburn.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomSunderland Wi-fi
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Wi-fi
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Wi-fi
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Whickham, England

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

  • YummyMummyMo Trish (@YummyMummyMo) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @kidneydoc101 @virginmedia @virginmedia reply to your customer, and sort out the problem. It's not difficult.

  • rl_chris_higham Chris Higham (@rl_chris_higham) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @k_faulkner @virginmedia @jimconey I only got offered the new customer deal 20 days into my 30 day notice period after actually quitting! By which point I'd already signed up with someone else

  • MikeYau8 Mike Yau (@MikeYau8) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia So now moved to @vmbusinesshelp line instead of residential activated yesterday and new router installed with no problems. Tonight 7.19pm internet goes down? 7.45m internet goes down? I am paying significantly more and receiving the same poor line?!?!?

  • shenry1972 me (@shenry1972) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    Dear @virginmedia, why is your WiFi so bloody awful? Another day of resetting, rebooting etc etc and it's still **** 😩

  • KirstyRockett Kirsty Rockett (@KirstyRockett) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia my 80 year old mother is in ill health, in June I helped her online cancel paper bills, since this time we have done this another 2 times,Mam has tried to call no answer after 45 on hold,Ive just tried to email with the address on rear of bill, it doesn’t work.

  • Markticus 𝕭𝖎𝖌 M𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖇𝖔𝖜𝖘𝖐𝖎 (@Markticus) reported from Consett, England

    Incredibly stressful and poor customer service from @virginmedia, Not adhering to T+Cs. Agent lying on phone to me. not allowing complaints and just blatantly lying Absolutely disgusted

  • Slesss_ JoshSlesser (@Slesss_) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia these past few weeks my wifi signal has been absolute dog, I used to be able to get good signal all around the house, now barely get goof signal in my kitchen no more than 10m away from the hub, my TV which is about 2m away only gets 30mbps when my package is 200??

  • NikoSarcevic Niko (@NikoSarcevic) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Service page doesn’t indicate anything. I’ve checked all the devices (I only use the wifi no lan cables) and nothing is connected.

  • Townendtopman Barry Cook (@Townendtopman) reported from Sunderland, England

    Please be aware everyone when you get a inbox from virgin media. I got one yesterday asking about my account and asking me to send my card details and card holder name and security number to verify the account. It wasn’t virgin media but a scam. Because my internet was down. Scum

  • spleenal Nigel Auchterlounie (@spleenal) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    Hi @virginmedia i just had a call He said was from your technical department (We have been having quite a poor service from you over the last few months) He said he had to optimise the router & asked me to go to a site starting w3c Hung up because not a virginsite Was it you?

  • lbschmee Liam Bowering (@lbschmee) reported from Gateshead, England

    Hi @virginmedia, I have recently signed up for your WiFi package. However the Webpage when I try to register for a My Virgin Media account appears to be broken. Is there any other way to register for an account online? Thank you

  • Mal_Area Malcolm Sinyard (@Mal_Area) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia service down NE26 PANTS

  • vanderpijpen ChrisV2theP™ (@vanderpijpen) reported from Wallsend, England

    @virginmedia Rubbish! That number is automated said sent signal 2 switch off box and restart didn't happen spend another hr on phone explaining issue 2 4 different advisers!!! Worst service I've ever received complete garbage

  • vanderpijpen ChrisV2theP™ (@vanderpijpen) reported from Wallsend, England

    @virginmedia Yeah because they couldn't get it to work so my problem was hardly resolved!!!!!!

  • Mal_Area Malcolm Sinyard (@Mal_Area) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia Well it said no issues, but all my devices will not connect, rebooted router. Nothing..

  • rayspencermbe Ray Spencer MBE (@rayspencermbe) reported from South Shields, England

    Stay Healthy Stay Safe -final message from @virginmedia text service. It should read stay patient stay calm. Hopeless service and very slow!! I never thought I say I’d rather just wait on hold for the operator

  • vanderpijpen ChrisV2theP™ (@vanderpijpen) reported from Wallsend, England

    @virginmedia Through WhatsApp chat lastnight said it was done received email saying added. Checked tonight still not working. Phonecall to your call centre 3 operators still not working now waiting for a technician 2 call me back apparently within 4hrs

  • NikoSarcevic Niko (@NikoSarcevic) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia I see. It is very unfortunate as I cannot do my work when I’m not online and I also spend more on mobile internet because the service I pay for regularly is simply not there.

  • Deborah24780132 Deborah Gibson (@Deborah24780132) reported from Newburn, England

    @VirginMediaCorp @virginmedia sort your employees out, two days in a row they have called me and hung up when I asked them to remove my number from your system. Poor customer service !!!!

  • SandyMcWatson Sandy 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍☮️ (@SandyMcWatson) reported from Newburn, England

    @virginmedia Yes. There is a known issue in my area but no "explanation". It's states the fix estimate is 3pm. That's almost a whole day's salary.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • cirrius_tech Graham Gold 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #StayHome #StaySafe (@cirrius_tech) reported

    @0Bfkx @danjconn @virginmedia Don’t doubt it - one time they wanted me to disconnect my HiveHub before they would help because “we don’t support 3rd routers”. It’s a bloody heating control unit. Nowadays I have their hub in modem mode and use my own WiFi gear - first thing they do is back to router mode.

  • BenMTobin Ben Tobin (@BenMTobin) reported

    @virginmedia I'm now being told that installation has been cancelled. If I hadn't called I would never have known that and would have expected it on the 25th. I have never, ever had a day like this with any company. Truly mind-boggling.

  • Amii_Bibi Ami_irah (@Amii_Bibi) reported

    @virginmedia can someone please get back to me, internet keeps cutting out and I have tried calling multiple times and no help! Can someone please get back to me ASAP! I would like some compensation!

  • CapnSlash CapnSlash (@CapnSlash) reported

    @virginmedia my internet keeps going on and off all the time and it's annoying and you want an extra £2.50 a month! For what? Horrible service, a website that doesn't work and false claims made about problems to sell more expensive packages! I find it disgusting to be honest!

  • victori15818498 vix (@victori15818498) reported

    When the country is relying on phones, Internet & TV for communication, work and schooling & @virginmedia let you down & don't even care! Disgraceful and our contract will be terminated!

  • panzerfaust81 panzerfaust81 (@panzerfaust81) reported

    @virginmedia You have to be kidding me - I just texted that number and it is a Bot service! What kind of useless service is this? How about a real human? How about someone doing something about my no access? How about calling me on the number I sent to the stupid BOT service

  • BenMTobin Ben Tobin (@BenMTobin) reported

    @virginmedia Regardless - one of your team has cancelled and not told me, it's only my ringing up that has uncovered that fact. Absolutely unacceptable and I'll be escalating the complaint to relevant bodies.

  • 980Mark Mark chapman (@980Mark) reported

    @virginmedia Will you ever answer the phone so i cancel your services

  • pauldee74 Paul Dwyer (@pauldee74) reported

    @virginmedia is there a complaint email address?

  • DitzyDoryUK Tia@WalkingWild (@DitzyDoryUK) reported

    @virginmedia You need to get you self sorted ASAP. We have had nothing but trouble with you for months now when my daughter needs the internet for school. 2 days we have had to spend away from home so she doesn't miss tests. Don't think we will be staying with you much longer!!!