Virgin Media Outage Report in Westhoughton, Borough of Bolton, England
Why is my Virgin Media service not working?
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.
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Problems in the last 24 hours in Westhoughton, England
The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Westhoughton, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
April 1: 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.
- Internet (56%)
- Wi-fi (21%)
- Total Blackout (10%)
- TV (8%)
- E-mail (4%)
- Phone (2%)
Live Outage Map Near Westhoughton, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: St Helens, Manchester, Wigan, Billinge Chapel End, Skelmersdale, Bolton, Warrington, Chorley, Bury, Prescot, Timperley, Leyland, and Salford.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 St Helens
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TV | 5 hours ago |
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Manchester
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Internet | 15 hours ago |
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Manchester
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Internet | 1 day ago |
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Manchester
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Internet | 1 day ago |
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Manchester
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Internet | 2 days ago |
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Manchester
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Internet | 2 days ago |
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Westhoughton, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Westhoughton and nearby locations:
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Michael Clark (@michaelclark09) reported from Sale, England@Shredda @virginmedia Oh damn, that's peak. Might just be a coincidence then 🤔
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Hannah Tompkins (@he_tompkins) reported from Manchester, England@virginmedia my broadband was “delivered” today by Yodel but the package is no where to be seen and wasn’t attempted (I’ve been in all day waiting). I can’t get any help from them, please help!! 😭
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🥔 A bean has no name 🥔 (@ylilxanoi) reported from Wigan, England@virginmedia my interest been down for a whole week. Call centre staff don't know what to say. An engineer has been on site every single day apparently. Can someone fix my internet. I pay £52 a month this is beyond a joke. I've used all my 4g& bought a ****** dongle just to WFH
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🥔 A bean has no name 🥔 (@ylilxanoi) reported from Wigan, England@virginmedia Internet is down in our area since Monday. I keep getting multiple emails saying it'll be fixed by 12pm tomorrow, then 4pm Wednesday 12pm Thursday, 12pm Friday and now 4pm Friday. None of your call centre staff can help us we've spent hours on hold this week.
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GreenWasBlue (@GreenwasBlue) reported from Bolton, England@virginmedia I've tried the online help to no avail.Just going round in circles. How do I get to book a visit by a human being?? 😡
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🥔 A bean has no name 🥔 (@ylilxanoi) reported from Wigan, England@Virgin @virginmedia I've had no Internet now for 14 days and my bill is due in 2 days. This is disgusting service, your call centre staff are useless, your engineers are useless, this is appalling for £52 a month. Sort the problem out now.
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UtilitaRian 🔶 (@SoloUtilitaRian) reported from Bolton, EnglandWith the intro of new dedicated Gigabit lines in my street I can't wait to switch over and leave Virgin Media for good. 3x internet has gone down this week and I just called VM. The systems there are down and gotta call back in 3hrs..... useless
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John Kelly (@John_Kelly17) reported from St Helens, England@CruisingTheCut I’ve had very few issues with virgin media - depends if you need TV though. Otherwise I’ve heard very good things about over the air using the three network or EE.
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zach close YT 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 (@ZachcloseYT) reported from St Helens, England@virginmedia your Internet sucks
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Colette Ellison (@colette2511) reported from Warrington, England@virginmedia No not going through it it’s too long and I don’t have time. Just wanted to everyone know that vm is a bad company and are robbing gets. Trading standards have been told and I’m 💯 % sure that there’s thousands of people doing the same
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🥔 A bean has no name 🥔 (@ylilxanoi) reported from Wigan, England@virginmedia Yeah.. apparently its down in WN1 but nobody is telling me what's wrong or how long it will take. I need Internet to work.
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Colette Ellison (@colette2511) reported from Warrington, England@richardbranson you really need to sort out your company @virginmedia they a robbing gets. That company is bad in all areas. Some advice for people trying to cancel record everything for proof as they say they have cancelled it then send you loads of bills 😡
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Mrs Smith (@SmithysMaud) reported from St Helens, England@virginmedia are an absolute joke. Was told to call back at half 6 and guess what? They’re shut! And again, no engineer visit. Getting cancelled 1st thing in the morning. Over a month of total loss of service, piss take. #avoid
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Martin Moscrop 🎺 (@martinmoscrop) reported from Salford, England@LennieThevan @virginmedia That sounds terrible Lennie. If you want to change a plan and save money they go out of their way to be unhelpful. However, if you want to spend more their customers service Is better.
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Colette Ellison (@colette2511) reported from Warrington, England@richardbranson you really need to sort your @virginmedia company out. There nothing but robbing bastards, everything about the company is bad. 😡
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🥔 A bean has no name 🥔 (@ylilxanoi) reported from Wigan, England@virginmedia We have. Multiple times. Your agents don't know how to help. Spoke to 3 different people. I'm getting contant update emails. I don't need to check the service. I know its down. This is beyond ridiculous. I work from home, I can't do my job because of your terrible service.
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Hannah Tompkins (@he_tompkins) reported from Manchester, England@virginmedia Hi there, I was told I would receive my replacement broadband by today and still no indication of when it’s going to arrive. Any help?
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Mrs Smith (@SmithysMaud) reported from St Helens, England@virginmedia Telling me an engineer will come next week now, not good enough. Waited in all morning for one that never came and still no service.
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Mrs Smith (@SmithysMaud) reported from St Helens, England@virginmedia It’s to our address, we need a full repull and was told it would be done within 48hrs. This issue has been going on for months, they were just telling me to reboot the hub.
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🦔🦊Johnny1983 🦝🐱 (Big Animal Lover🐕🐶🐁) (@JohnnyDude1983) reported from Bury, England@virginmedia Hi. Is there a difference between cat 5E & cat6 & cat7 ethernet performance wise on your network 🤔. I'm using cat 6 ethernet from my hub 3.0 to your provided powerline booster . Then from powerline booster to my V6 box. I'm using cat7 ethernet from hub 3.0 to V6 🤔
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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らん~☆ (@TotoroRan91) reported@virginmedia There's a fault in the area, since yesterday! This happens way too often for the price of your service!
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PhoenixFTA ∆ truly 3.5% 🇪🇺🇩🇪🌍 FBPE (@MyPhoenixFTA) reported@virginmedia I don't know anymore where to even start. My complaint letter to @CISASUK is growing with each interaction. Here's an easy one: don't have agents ever directing these words towards a customer "you are lying. You are a liar." What the actual F@+£????
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Steveo (@Steveo111078) reported@virginmedia what's up with your mobile data? Connected to 4g full reception yet it's like dial up waiting on pages to load never used to have this problem
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Sinead kelly (@Sineadk60144380) reported@virginmedia virgin media are cutting my 82 year mother who lives alone phone off. Customer for as long as virgin media has existed. No point ring customer service as they are waste of time and the call backs I am meant to get never happen
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Elspeth The Pict (@ElspethThePict) reported@virginmedia It was a refund of payment in advance as my service has ended.
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Yvonne T (@YvonneT2022) reported@virginmedia I have been a loyal customer for many years. I have a virgin mobile contract, media and broadband. @richardbranson thanks for offering customers broadband that is super fast. #virginmedia #broadband #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek
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john oxley (@oxosbase) reported@anthonyalan23 @virginmedia I’m with @virginmedia and never had a problem with buffering. Is there a hardware problem ?
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ian rogers (@JayWratten) reported@Ballstocancer @virginmedia Full of huge promises @virginmedia they treat customers awful all about money 🙈
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Elisabeth (@misselisamartin) reported@virginmedia there's intermittent signal issues in my area, I've followed your steps online to ensure that it isn't my hub. Now I can't connect to the Internet at all. How am I meant to work from home today? This is the 3rd time in two weeks 🥲🥲
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JulesAnime (@AnimeJules) reported@DowndetectorUK Virgin Media seems to be down #virginmedia #virginmediadown