Virgin Media Outage Report in Shildon, County Durham, England
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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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E-mailProblems in the last 24 hours in Shildon, England
The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Shildon and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.
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Internet (57%)
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Wi-fi (16%)
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Total Blackout (14%)
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TV (8%)
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E-mail (4%)
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Phone (2%)
Live Outage Map Near Shildon, County Durham, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Durham, Darlington and Newton Aycliffe.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Durham |
Internet | |
| Darlington |
Wi-fi | |
| Newton Aycliffe |
Total Blackout | |
| Darlington |
Internet | |
| Darlington |
TV | |
| Darlington |
Phone |
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Shildon, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Shildon and nearby locations:
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Guru Boutique
(@Gurudarlington) reported
from
Darlington, England
@virginmedia I’m the home owner Beryl Hankin, and was told the phone number would stay the same when I changed. I queried this with the Virgin engineer who rang Virgin and assured me it was in hand. That was weeks ago but it never happened.
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JAKE
(@TownsJake) reported
from
Darlington, England
@virginmedia No i just been disconnected so this is another 2 hours wasted, i just want to cancel my services now
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JAKE
(@TownsJake) reported
from
Darlington, England
@virginmedia has the worst customer service by an absolute stretch, been trying to sort my broadband and tv out for about 6 hours
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RACHEL BULLOCK
(@RBullockITV) reported
from
Eaglescliffe, England
Hey @virginmedia your WiFi down yet again, third time this week. I’m in TS16 but suspect we are not alone #virginmediadown
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Warren Baister 🇬🇧
(@WarrenBaister) reported
from
Sunderland Bridge, England
@virginmedia my WiFi is terrible. So slow and it’s meant to be the fastest. Regretting the switch at the minute
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Lorraine Ripley
(@Lorryolly) reported
from
Darlington, England
@virginmedia so dissatisfied when I made a call to see if any reductions could be me to be fobbed off and advised I have the best package, the advisor was no help at all and clearly reading from a script. No bedside manner. And now my landline has suddenly stopped working!!!😥
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Christian Wolf Rubin
(@wolfrubin) reported
from
Sunderland Bridge, England
@virginmedia The worst bit is that I was on hold for 36 minutes listened to the same song 3 times and then was hung up on.
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Warren Baister 🇬🇧
(@WarrenBaister) reported
from
Sunderland Bridge, England
@virginmedia Yes unable to use it. Wireless is very poor and was great during the first couple of weeks. Uploading is very hot and miss. Not happy considering I’m paying for fast broadband. My phone rarely connects to it unless I’m fairly close to the router. This can’t be right
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Cameron Ross
(@pumbingchap) reported
from
Sunderland Bridge, England
@virginmedia They advised, reset, changing from 2.4 to 5. Then back again. Changing the settings on the account. Done this multiple times. Customer service hung up on me then I rang back again and was told I hung up on them. Awaiting a supervisor call. It’s never worked since installation
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You're a cantaloupe ÂûDHD
(@Ben_McBean) reported
from
Yarm, England
@virginmedia I switched it off at the mains at 13:00. Still not working. Also received a vishing message from a fake VM account about these messages.
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Paul Jacques
(@pauljacques83) reported
from
Sunderland Bridge, England
Been in my new house 13 day and for the third time tomorrow I have a @virginmedia technician coming out to 'fix' my wifi. Fingers crossed this one actually takes and it's third time's the charm
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PH NQOT (She/her) 💙
(@StricklandPaula) reported
from
Shildon, England
Our @virginmedia package - both TV and broadband- has been really poor lately. Totally frustrating 😑
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Warren Baister 🇬🇧
(@WarrenBaister) reported
from
Sunderland Bridge, England
@virginmedia There isn’t any reported problems in my area but mine is very ‘hit and miss’ at the moment. I’ll go for periods where nothing will upload/download at all
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Neville Lishman
(@NevilleLishman) reported
from
Durham, England
5 hrs now. Just rude @virginmedia just rude. Clearly little of your astronomically charges is spent on your customer service department. It's a recruitment Sargent for @skytv
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Guru Boutique
(@Gurudarlington) reported
from
Darlington, England
@virginmedia The number I wanted to retain is at my private address not my work address which is shown on this Twitter account. I doubt the number is still live with BT and I feel let down.
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Cameron Ross
(@pumbingchap) reported
from
Sunderland Bridge, England
@virginmedia Thanks for your reply. I’ve done all that’s recommended. Logged complaints, customer service can’t help, I’m still awaiting a supervisor to contact…
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Shaun Wathey
(@Wathey) reported
from
Sunderland Bridge, England
@virginmedia how do I make a complaint?
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Mark Webster
(@MarksWeb41) reported
from
Darlington, England
@virginmedia Trying to get in touch with the uk Virgin service that I still want to report a server fault because I getting no new message despite I ran 5 test e-mail that it’s did send successfully & I getting nothing no downloaded new message as it’s had not been undelivered at all. Fault?
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Cameron Ross
(@pumbingchap) reported
from
Sunderland Bridge, England
@virginmedia Does anyone from your customer care actually ring you back? My newly installed so called fast WiFi has not worked correctly since install… Terrible product….
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Dave
(@davedome) reported
from
Darlington, England
@virginmedia any issues in the DL3 area? Broadband crashed about 10mins and hasn't been back on since.
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Amy George😜
(@xoagg03) reported
@virginmedia I’m unable to cancel my plan over the phone or via webchat due to my mother having all the details as she forcefully set up the account in my name any help ?
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Abigail Flint
(@AbiMFlint) reported
@virginmedia installed the hub 5 before Christmas. Since then everything connects apart from 2 Samsung galaxy Tab A's which more often not had a download speed of below 9. Can you help?
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John Williams
(@j_will321) reported
@virginmedia Yes, there is a minor TV issue being addressed today (catch up) but no broadband issues in terms of signal coming into the house.
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Hefin Morris
(@HefinMorris) reported
@virginmedia very disappointed pointless guaranteed minimum statement speeds not achieved consistently even when connected through Ethernet, virgin media refuses to acknowledge a problem, reverting to internal equipment, same issue today but been on hold for over 1 hour…
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John17
(@Yonzinho06) reported
@virginmedia so my virgin media has been so bad this last 18 months, often lose connection most days last week was down for a day and a half whilst I was supposed to be working from home and no compensation offered! And to top it off they are putting the prices up by £4! Jokers!
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#Tristhecat2021
(@Tris32175192) reported
Dear @virginmedia please could you provide a phone number for someone at head office to me .I'm a very unhappy 27 years customer of yours @richardbranson
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Hefin Morris
(@HefinMorris) reported
@virginmedia after being on hold for 1hour and 7min to be cut off is unacceptable. Is there anyone working at virgin media? no customer service is non existent at this company… happy to take your money, not interest in dealing with issues with their own services…
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Salim Mussa
(@slimz33) reported
It’s been an issue with trying to get virgin services in our area. Had engineers out and promises were made and dates set. Dates cancelled kept/being moved and eventually just forgotten about having spent so much time getting things in motion to bring virgin media to our area
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Lee Whitwell
(@lee_whitwell) reported
@SaleemSR63 @virginmedia I was with Virgin for years. The service during lockdown was diabolical. Internet always off on a daily basis. Couldn't speak to anyone and webchat wouldn't work..I got shot and went to sky. Best thing I ever done
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Lizzie Knights
(@lizadelic) reported
@virginmedia LG tv no longer connects to Wifi - showing in the network list on the tv but unable to connect. When I try connecting the TV via Personal Hotspot using my iPhone it connects fine. So it’s the WiFi not the TV. Worked for years perfectly.