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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 11/30/2025 13:15

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Internet (60%)

    Internet (60%)

  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, Borough of North Tyneside, Bedlington, Sunderland, North Shields, Gateshead, Wallsend, Jarrow, Washington and Whitley Bay.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV
United KingdomBorough of North Tyneside Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Phone
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Wi-fi
United KingdomBedlington Wi-fi
United KingdomSunderland Total Blackout

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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 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!!!

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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!

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Darylx Daryl (@Darylx) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia Can you please help me. I've rang twice to upgrade my TiVo box free upgrade. Tried online can't do it. First time cut off. Web chat I tried was told I had to phone.40 mins in second time lady was having system issues so transferred me and guess what I was cut off

  • 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

  • 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.

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

    @virginmedia It was @Stacey_MW_WL with the problem

  • TheHamfather Andrew Weatherhead (@TheHamfather) reported from Blyth, England

    @Kasiohead_ @virginmedia I have no advice for you but I would like to add my voice to the fact they are utterly terrible.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • agshevve agshevve (@agshevve) reported

    @virginmedia i beg u fix my internet

  • Jadeikinns Jadeypop (@Jadeikinns) reported

    @virginmedia my upload speed has been having issues for a few hours now, it’s literally not going any higher than 0.10 and I can’t do anything with that. Says there’s no issues in my area but it would seem there is! :(

  • Parkesy1993 Pope (@Parkesy1993) reported

    @virginmedia But I don't have any account its all closed down

  • Catheri32061628 Catherine Jenkinson (@Catheri32061628) reported

    @virginmedia Thanks for the link. It doesn't help though as my mother isn't a virgin customer. Her service is down because virgin workers have cut through wiring whilst digging up her street

  • EthanSM64 EthanTheSpeedRunner (18 days till B-DAY) (@EthanSM64) reported

    Virgin Media WI-FI is terrible, It randomly has disconnected like twice tonight.

  • allanhughward Allan H. W. IV (@allanhughward) reported

    @virginmedia No one will reply. You're not either? I speak to someone, explain everything and it times out? HELP 🙄

  • MinotaurForLife James (@MinotaurForLife) reported

    @Lucidavis86 @virginmedia Honestly I’m not at all surprised to here this. If their customer service for businesses is anything to go by I can only imagine what their residential service is like

  • MrBitcoinMaxi Ligma Johnson. Now 100% unemployed. (@MrBitcoinMaxi) reported

    @SpaceX Lower the price to compare with virgin media, then also add a guaranteed minimum speed providing proper setup and we will have a deal. The hardware cost isn’t a problem, the service cost is. Even 5g home router is faster and more reliable at the moment.

  • Mel_Navan mellers1313 (@Mel_Navan) reported from Neillstown, Leinster

    @virginmedia @VirginMediaIE It's not working on my sons either so must be an issue in our area. Thanks anyway.

  • FairWeatherCopp Andrew copp (@FairWeatherCopp) reported

    @virginmedia down in G71 area. Not the first time recently.