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Virgin Media Outage Report in South Shields, South Tyneside, England

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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 South Shields, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in South Shields 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 South Shields, South Tyneside, England 11/21/2025 22:05

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Internet (61%)

    Internet (61%)

  2. Wi-fi (16%)

    Wi-fi (16%)

  3. Total Blackout (12%)

    Total Blackout (12%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (4%)

    E-mail (4%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near South Shields, South Tyneside, England

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV
United KingdomSunderland Total Blackout
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Wi-fi
United KingdomNorth Shields Total Blackout
United KingdomGateshead Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near South Shields, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in South Shields and nearby locations:

  • BevFrankland Bev Frankland (@BevFrankland) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia That's all well and good but you have insisted we update our box or it will not work, your website link is not working, text service and chat not responding and your telephone advisor insists I buy a new service whilst your letter states its free! Not paying more for less!!

  • Stickings90 Graeme Stickings (@Stickings90) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia I have received from you an incomplete text message regarding changes to Virgin Media Project and Mobile Rescue Tech support, as from 31 August, but does not say what. What are these changes

  • jameshedges4 James Robert Hedges (@jameshedges4) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia No known issues. It’s only wireless speeds. There is no excuse for this, it happens to me almost everyday. I would like to discuss it with someone as I tried at the weekend and was completely fobbed off by your service team. I pay nearly £50 a month and often have to use my 4G

  • BevFrankland Bev Frankland (@BevFrankland) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia you write stating have to upgrade to free tivo box & I must contact you 2 arrange. Web site doesn't work, no answer online chat, no answer on text and phone advisor tries to sell me an upgrade. Then email advising price rise in inbox. - total joke!!!

  • d_n_g_x 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆🐸 (@d_n_g_x) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia It was @Stacey_MW_WL with the problem

  • amymccordx Amy McCord (@amymccordx) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia I was speaking with an agent an hour ago due to an issues with WiFi. They said they’d 100% ring me back in 30 mins as we did a hard reset of the booster. It’s been another 30 mins since then and no one has called. #notmyday

  • RockcliffeFiles Rockcliffe Files (@RockcliffeFiles) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia It’s difficult to articulate in a tweet but speaking to someone in an offshore contact centre who has a very poor grasp of English is extremely frustrating. There is no malice in this, it’s just a statement of fact, I couldn’t make myself understood, it took 4 calls and 75 mins.

  • BevFrankland Bev Frankland (@BevFrankland) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia Just send me the new box that You insist I need so that I can get the service I'm paying for

  • ian_safc_1974 Ian (@ian_safc_1974) reported from Dunston, England

    @lisadunn1978 @virginmedia They sound awful. Is broadband itself any better

  • RockcliffeFiles Rockcliffe Files (@RockcliffeFiles) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @danielpwood1 @virginmedia I don’t have a regional accent so am normally easily understood, I’m also very patient, enjoy speaking to the Indian guys about cricket, but tonight it was unprofessional and my near thirty years service to VM in all it’s guises rendered irrelevant

  • RockcliffeFiles Rockcliffe Files (@RockcliffeFiles) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @RevDubbleD @virginmedia Absolutely appalling service today. The attitude of the people I dealt with was staggering for a customer centric organisation.

  • ThomasMcGowan1 Thomas McGowan (@ThomasMcGowan1) reported from Gateshead, England

    right shower of shite the customer service from @virginmedia paying for monthly for nothing 😡🤬

  • AL_SNR58 Allan Davis (@AL_SNR58) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia Tomorrow. This has been going on for over two weeks intermittent but the way I was treated was not the way to treat a loyal customer

  • AL_SNR58 Allan Davis (@AL_SNR58) reported from Sunderland, England

    @lisadunn1978 @virginmedia I have just had hell on and demanded to speak to a manager. At first I was told there was no issue in our area and it was the router then the manager has told me that there is a problem in our area

  • AL_SNR58 Allan Davis (@AL_SNR58) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia I have informed the manager that I wanted to make a complaint and he has noted it. I am just starting to calm down now

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

    Cancelled @virginmedia Starplayz subscription as they have no channel number and no app to search for programmes! Crazy and call centre staff don’t understand why this is a problem. Don’t waste £5 a month.

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

    @virginmedia £20 a month 'existing customer' penalty on the best you can offer me Vs the best new customer deal is just too much, afraid that's a cancellation from a 10 years loyal customer. £240 is a lot of money!

  • TheToon1892 ⓃⓊⒻⒸ ①⑧⑨② (@TheToon1892) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia @VasBlackwood It could be your staff need training in how to offer professional customer service.... Most haven't got a clue

  • ewhittle_ Emily Whittle (@ewhittle_) reported from Walker Gate, England

    The worst part about being an adult is having to do things like talk to the brain dead people behind virgin media

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

    @virginmedia There seems to be a network problem. The box had a green light flashing. Our phones & iPads are connect but the sky boxes don’t seem to be. Can I DM you please

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Thee__archangel kng100 (@Thee__archangel) reported

    @virginmedia It would help if you replied to customer queries. A friend has Contacted them six times, no call back and twice phoned, no call back. Not impressed

  • daniel_love Daniel Love (@daniel_love) reported

    @virginmedia we've lost broadband service, but the account holder isn't around for us to contact. What are out options?

  • ArieJohansen9 Arie Johansen (@ArieJohansen9) reported

    @virginmedia Okay just concerned that it's been radio silence for such a long time and then out of the blue I'm told on the day that a bloke's on his way for it. Is there a direct line I can call rather than just customer care given that I'm not a customer?

  • abbiegrimesxxx Abbie Grimes (@abbiegrimesxxx) reported

    @virginmedia @EgostaticalJ When you finally get into contact with them they are rude and hang up the phone on you. It’s disgraceful!

  • MartaMY16 Marta MY (@MartaMY16) reported

    Experiencing Internet outage for 6 hours @virginmedia this is unacceptable from a national provider.

  • freyacharlotte Freya Thompson (@freyacharlotte) reported

    @virginmedia called your service line 3hrs ago as we are having WiFi issues. They said they would resolve issue and to wait 30mins but still having issues. Pink light on the front and green phone symbol and WiFi has been dropping in and out all day

  • RitaPir18192844 Rita Pires (@RitaPir18192844) reported

    @virginmedia Yes and no,I did say that want this dealt as a complaint now ,customer service did say that would get a manager to call me,but havent got any call from anyone. Ive been a customer with Virgin for at least 9 years,not only mobile but broadband too.This has been an awful experience

  • CCTECH77 Darren Beacham (@CCTECH77) reported

    @virginmedia disappointed new customer. WiFi signal poor in other parts of the house. I do not wish to pay more every month to get something that I’m already paying to have! #pleasesortthisout

  • GCook310 Georgina Cook (@GCook310) reported

    @virginmedia Yeah, we reset it yesterday in the middle of the day and it then cut off a further 2 times later on and has continued to cut out today

  • ajbicks Andrew Bickers (@ajbicks) reported

    @virginmedia Last response from the resolution team was on the 10th Feb that stated Resolution: "Education Given" and that i should contact customer service once again. I replied stating CS were unable to assist but have had no response - also chased on the 19th Feb, again no response.