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Virgin Media outages and service status in Southend-on-Sea, England

Service-wide status: Virgin Media

Problems detected

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

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  • Virgin Media generated 1 outage signal in the last 24 hours around Southend-on-Sea, including 1 direct report.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, TV, and Wi-fi.
  • Latest local activity: Sep 23, 3:41 PM GMT+1.

Share of direct reports from this area over the past 30 days.

  • 42% Internet (42%)
  • 33% TV (33%)
  • 25% Wi-fi (25%)

The latest reports from users having issues in Southend-on-Sea come from postal codes SS0 , SS1 and SS2 .

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 Southend-on-Sea, England

Virgin Media signals over the past 24 hours, with local activity from Southend-on-Sea, England and nearby areas. The dashed baseline applies to service-wide activity, not to local outage confirmation.

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  • Southend-on-Sea, England and nearby areas
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September 23: Problems at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is having issues since 04:20 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Live Outage Map Near Southend-on-Sea, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Wickford, Chatham, and Rochester.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Basildon Wi-fi 1 hour ago
Basildon Internet 13 days ago
Southend-on-Sea TV 14 days ago
Basildon TV 18 days ago
Gillingham Internet 19 days ago
Basildon TV 19 days ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Basildon

1 signals in the past 7 days

1 hour ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Southend-on-Sea, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Southend-on-Sea and nearby locations:

  • polhilljim
    Rochester Boy. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 (@polhilljim) reported from Rochester, England

    @virginmedia This is a long story. But Virgin have changed my IMEI number making a second repair not possible. My account is down and even Virgin can't access it. I've been promised calls back several times but they've not happened. The litany of Virgin failures is impossible to put in a text

  • moebius1967
    ron palmer (@moebius1967) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @bushontheradio Trying to get through to Virgin media to cancel the contract. Bloody chatbot isn't worth a ****

  • sinozza
    Simon Norris (@sinozza) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia I spent over an hour on the phone yesterday trying to get through to a customer service rep only to get cut off. Still waiting to hear on WhatsApp and been on hold this afternoon 45 mins and still holding???? Whats going on??

  • yiddo71
    Mark Gould (@yiddo71) reported from Rochester, England

    @virginmedia Just to know you still have not fixed my phone line despite a guarantee and you have just sent me a bill@for double my monthly bill.....way to go @virginmedia worst customer service ever!!

  • KatiePurkiss
    Katie Purkiss (@KatiePurkiss) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    Virgin Media broadband down AGAIN. Service Status website & app don’t work as no internet connection 🤨 @virginmedia

  • vamplady35
    Sharon Cooper (@vamplady35) reported from Gillingham, England

    @jamesdgreen02 @virginmedia I've got the same problem. Was told by the faults team that if it wasn't fixed by 11pm last night that it should be fixed by 8pm tonight. Still not fixed at the moment

  • rob_green86
    Rob Green Jnr (@rob_green86) reported from Thundersley, England

    Anyone else really struggling with slow speeds over the last 10 days with @virginmedia. It's been spot on for 2 years now and then 10 days it seems something has happened. Lucky to get over 10Mb now 🙈

  • rrrussboy
    Russell Norris (@rrrussboy) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia I’ve already raised a complaint. I spoke to someone in the Stage 2 complaints team who told me it’s being dealt with and, as already mentioned, a manager would call me back at 4.30 which didn’t happen. Can someone please sort this out?

  • sarahhben
    Sarah Bennett (@sarahhben) reported from Gillingham, England

    @virginmedia Our internet is down in ME8 area (Parkwood) status check says ‘no known issues’

  • Matty411
    Matt Frow (@Matty411) reported from Corringham, England

    @virginmedia I hope you can help me. When I try to watch TV on virgin tv go,but it come up something went wrong error comes up (even if I use another account). I hope you can help me.

  • JamieMeecham
    Jamie Meecham🏳️‍🌈♥️ (@JamieMeecham) reported from Canvey Island, England

    @virginmedia care to explain why a member of staff felt that hanging up on a customer complaining about their broadband is acceptable? And now I’m stuck on hold AGAIN to solve my issue.

  • cboxot
    C Borrill-Bromige (@cboxot) reported from Rochester, England

    @virginmedia @virginmedia I've been having issues with internet dropping out continuosly for a couple of months, you sent another WiFi pod still the problem is there! The hub 3 status network connection has warnings and is critical, losing sync! I have been spin around in circles

  • HeyYouItsCorrie
    HeyYouItsCorrie (They/Them) (@HeyYouItsCorrie) reported from Rochester, England

    @suziqvk @virginmedia BT, without a doubt. Virgim media is absolutely useless, bad internet, bad coverage, bad service

  • katie_2521
    Katie Williams (@katie_2521) reported from Wickford, England

    @virginmedia been struggling for days with home WiFi. Tried to contact you guys but cant find a number Please help

  • KatiePurkiss
    Katie Purkiss (@KatiePurkiss) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia I’ve sorted the issue. But now there’s no way of cancelling the engineer! Can’t get through on phone. Appointment isn’t showing on their account, so can’t cancel there. WhatsApp is useless - been waiting for an Agent to be available since about 1pm!

  • rrrussboy
    Russell Norris (@rrrussboy) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia I’ve now been told that there is no complaints team, despite the fact I spoke to them earlier. How is it possible to be so poor?

  • lillyelizax
    SatansLittleGirl🔮 (@lillyelizax) reported from Gillingham, England

    @virginmedia There isn’t internet down time the box has stopped working, they can’t get a new box out here till mid week, with a lot of people working from home you think you’d have next day delivery or something, bad enough we can’t have a engineer out to help

  • wonky1961
    Penny Rolfe nee Acres (@wonky1961) reported from Southend-on-Sea, England

    @virginmedia You are no longer my ISP due to your incompetence. Also there will be a lawsuit pending due to the fact I almost died from pneumonia with pulmonary oedema and sepsis later going into stage 2 respiratory failure. Your useless service is unacceptable.

  • 1CreativeRay
    Dr Stower and the Stock Market of Madness 🦍 (@1CreativeRay) reported from Wainscott, England

    @virginmedia Hi VM, I ordered a replacement remote control for my TIVO box. Just realised that was a couple of months ago but it never came. When trying online again it says as I’ve had one within six months I can’t order another. Please check that the first was ever sent, thanks

  • Twiterteroo
    Twiterteroo (@Twiterteroo) reported from Gillingham, England

    @virginmedia Folks, amuse me, why on earth would I or anyone complete a survey after leaving you when you couldn’t deal with the issue within 2 months and dare I say the plus 20 years we had an undiagnosed fault!?

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Beastial_Maggot
    Robert Grace (@Beastial_Maggot) reported

    @virginmedia When trying to sign into virgin,once my email & password has been verified I am told to “return to the place were you started your journey “.So I go back to the virgin tv go home only to be told to sign in AGAIN ! And goes round and round……

  • J3_D1
    ☣ ѕєℓιиα куℓє ☣ (@J3_D1) reported

    Would you rather eat a bag of broken glass or deal with @virginmedia I can’t decide…

  • chewytheleftie
    Chris Tindall (@chewytheleftie) reported

    @alan_reddish @sibelian62 @virginmedia They are a terrible company for internet. Fortunately for us we have plenty of their direct rivals who we use instead now after they made it clear our custom was of no interest to them

  • mairtinofaolain
    Martin Whelan (@mairtinofaolain) reported

    @PaulOBrienKil @VirginMediaNews @VirginMediaIE Currently swapping to Digiweb for broadband. Customer service seems to be their thing. A sales rep from Eir annoyed me with his pushiness, and Virgin Media ain't that great a price anymore

  • TheWazzo
    BB (@TheWazzo) reported

    @virginmedia @FredWhitbread You didn’t need to send your standard reply, everything you needed to know was in Fred’s post, he’s trying to help you.

  • superbairn
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Simon Forsyth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@superbairn) reported

    @virginmedia are you trying to call ref my complaint. I believe I am trying to be scammed by people claiming to be from Virgin.

  • HamsterSick
    MerlinJ & the Dowager. (@HamsterSick) reported

    @Johnty14 @virginmedia I can't stand virgin I will not be renewing that contract November **** that. I dont pay failure

  • chris_wiper
    Chris Wiper (@chris_wiper) reported

    @virginmedia @Bigdeano88 Hi @virginmedia I am experiencing the same issue?

  • KumbullaMonty
    Monty Kumbulla (@KumbullaMonty) reported

    @virginmedia What are the chances of a very-light-use customer that has been with you for THIRTY YEARS getting a deal at the same cost as a brand new customer?

  • CoulsdonTHFC
    For Hod,for Harry,for England & St george (@CoulsdonTHFC) reported

    @virginmedia over a month with broadband issues, still not rectified after being told intermittent service, engineer visit & new router. Now intermittent service AGAIN .Quick enough to raise prices but not fix problems. Still no compensation either. NOT HAPPY 😡

Recent Virgin Media reports in Southend-on-Sea, England

Latest available direct user reports from this city and nearby areas. These are individual observations, not confirmed incidents or a complete outage history.

  • Basildon: Wi-fi
  • Basildon: Internet
  • Southend-on-Sea: TV
  • Basildon: TV
  • Gillingham: Internet
  • Basildon: TV

Virgin Media detected incident history

These records describe service-wide increases in reported problems. They do not confirm an outage at every address. Recorded end times describe our detection window, not a provider-confirmed repair.

  • Detected:
    No end recorded. This alone does not establish the current status.
  • Detected:
    Detection ended: (17 minutes)
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    Detection ended: (1 minutes)
  • Detected:
    Detection ended: (19 minutes)
  • Detected:
    Detection ended: (3 minutes)
  • Detected:
    Detection ended: (4 minutes)

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