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Virgin Media Outage Report in Whickham, Gateshead, England

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

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 10/30/2025 13:05

October 30: 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 (41%)

    Internet (41%)

  2. TV (35%)

    TV (35%)

  3. Wi-fi (11%)

    Wi-fi (11%)

  4. Total Blackout (9%)

    Total Blackout (9%)

  5. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Whickham, Gateshead, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Shields, Sunderland, Washington, Whitley Bay, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Consett, Stanley and South Shields.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Wi-fi
United KingdomGateshead Internet
United KingdomNorth Shields E-mail
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomGateshead Internet
United KingdomGateshead TV

Community Discussion

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Whickham, England

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

  • JJohnsonJourno Jack Johnson (@JJohnsonJourno) reported from Walker Gate, England

    Any one have a resolution for no WiFi connection? @virginmedia

  • _AR91 Adam. (@_AR91) reported from South Shields, England

    It’s no wonder people pay for the dodgy sticks when you’ve got **** like this ffs @virginmedia

  • Nattalingo Nathalie Paris (@Nattalingo) reported from Consett, England

    @virginmedia New one is I was hoping to sign up to some sort of TV package, but when logged into my online account it gives me a "oops" with no option, so I need to talk to someone. Experience with the number you have given me has been poor, I want to avoid it!

  • donnawatson76 Donna watson (@donnawatson76) reported from Dunston, England

    @virginmedia I wanted to cancel or down grade my package due to the rising costs and my partner being on furlough and my own business having to be closed but every way i tried to contact you i had no reply i was held in a que for 40mins and then cut off, i emailed still no response so i have

  • Nattalingo Nathalie Paris (@Nattalingo) reported from Consett, England

    @virginmedia Ongoing complaint about a landline number that failed to be transferred to my account with you due to it not being requested by you in time.

  • justincolli71 justin collins (@justincolli71) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia stop constantly calling with silent calls and then cutting off, I've spoken to two people in customer service who advised no one has called. when I call the number back it says its virgin media. Terrible service

  • piggypics Les Pigg (@piggypics) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia Yes but the number on the letter to text to just comes back fail to send. Then I rang 789 for my mam and this person had her in tears also, so we have give up.

  • Nattalingo Nathalie Paris (@Nattalingo) reported from Consett, England

    @virginmedia How will this please be different from the service I have had so far? Will someone competent ring me?

  • Nattalingo Nathalie Paris (@Nattalingo) reported from Consett, England

    @virginmedia I do, about an ongoing complaint and a new query too, as well as this unresolved mobile query. Am supposed to have someone talking to me via text right now but they are very slow to respond! 2 meaningless texts in 13 minutes. Could someone please ring me?

  • donnawatson76 Donna watson (@donnawatson76) reported from Dunston, England

    @virginmedia This is just a screen shot!!! Showing the numbers i called and the link i followed, I dont have a copy as it was an online form i completed , if you are unable to help please stop wasting my precious time with my family

  • piggypics Les Pigg (@piggypics) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia Well it finally happened if you are not a online customer with virgin mobile and what shop at a outlet you are classed as the unwashed and not welcome anymore as a customer

  • donnawatson76 Donna watson (@donnawatson76) reported from Dunston, England

    @virginmedia Are you actually serious you have now wasted over an hour of my time back and forward on here to tell me to ring the same number i was cut iff from twice back in nov!!! Disgusting customer service @virginmedia what a joke

  • L17aamLiam Liam (@L17aamLiam) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia total disgrace. Very poor service.

  • donnawatson76 Donna watson (@donnawatson76) reported from Dunston, England

    @virginmedia Have paid another months subscription when i could of had a better package and lower cost from @skytv appalling customer service @virginmedia once i get to speak with someone i will not be continuing my account

  • donnawatson76 Donna watson (@donnawatson76) reported from Dunston, England

    @virginmedia The only call i have had was 2 calls from the sales to team to offer me a black friday deal, when i asked were they calling in response to my compliant they said they were unable to help with that as it was not their deptartment

  • evilwallpaper arc (@evilwallpaper) reported from Newburn, England

    Had to break out the DVDs like a peasant because virgin media is down.

  • McXinnie Chris McKinnie (@McXinnie) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia £27 up to £32 without a letter, text, email or anything is a bit rude, can you explain why?

  • PaulGmedia Paul G (@PaulGmedia) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia I’ve done that and am now in a queue. Trouble is, last time I did this no-one ever called me...

  • piggypics Les Pigg (@piggypics) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia So we are not just going to write it off as a bad job. Plus my mam finds it hard to understand the persons at the other end of the phone and why they ask for her bank details all we asked was to post out her password for her mobile account.

  • body_mindfitco Paul Edgar (@body_mindfitco) reported from Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

    @virginmedia 6 days now without home Internet, landline and TV. No apology, no explanation from Virgin. Parents who rely on these communication lines. Terrible service.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • storywhispers Whispering Stories 💙 (@storywhispers) reported

    @virginmedia It’s not an internet issue as such. It is that the broadband doesn’t work in the whole of the house or drops intermittently in some upstairs rooms. When you are working from home it is rather annoying.

  • Cannesle Carol Annesley (@Cannesle) reported

    @jesslalau @virginmedia It's so frustrating especially as my EE network is playing up too 😢

  • Cannesle Carol Annesley (@Cannesle) reported

    @virginmedia @jesslalau Ours has been down in BR5 since early morning estimated fix was 3pm alas still down and now virgin website says its having technical issues 😠

  • Nomine_9 Nomin (@Nomine_9) reported

    @virginmedia How will the service in my house be fixed? This is not related to the broadband issue

  • Hainzamousprime Lee Haines-Rodgers (@Hainzamousprime) reported

    @virginmedia Yes a £35 for instillation and an additional £30 for set up fees which was never advertised or what was agreed to when I signed up

  • SK21878 SK2 (@SK21878) reported

    @virginmedia I was told they could only apply an 'agent discount' of £6 per month. Instead they asked me to upgrade to a better package (to avoid the recent issues) but pay extra for the privilege. What I am looking for is a reduction in my monthly cost but keep or gain better broadband.

  • MisterScorpio77 Mister Scorpio (@MisterScorpio77) reported

    @virginmedia absolutely horrendous customer service. Bill has crept up from £27 to a whopping £57.99 people on phone line faking technical problems, people on live chat blind transferring me to mobile department cos he didn't know what to do... Absolutely terrible service

  • jesslalau Jessica Lalau (@jesslalau) reported

    @Cannesle @virginmedia All the way to Bromley!! Geeeeeez. I just wish they would admit there’s a large problem in the SE rather than acting like everyone’s issue is different and asking ME to waste MY time by calling them to “sort it out”

  • OfficialLukeD Luke (@OfficialLukeD) reported

    @virginmedia "no issue"

  • DavidWheater David “Still Not the Footballer” Wheater (@DavidWheater) reported

    I can't even pursuade my phone to stay connected long enough to pay for the bloody car park. I know I'm not the only one who has problems, I just don't understand why you don't take Virgin Media to task. This is beyond incompetance, is it deliberate?