Virgin Media outages and service status in Scunthorpe, England
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.
Full Outage Map
- Virgin Media generated 1 outage signal in the last 24 hours around Scunthorpe, including 1 direct report.
- The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet.
- The most recent signal from this area was received Aug 28, 6:01 PM GMT+1.
- Internet (100%)
The latest reports from users having issues in Scunthorpe come from postal codes DN16 and DN17 .
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 Scunthorpe, England
The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Scunthorpe, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
August 28: Problems at Virgin Media
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Live Outage Map Near Scunthorpe, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Scunthorpe.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Scunthorpe
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Internet | 7 hours ago |
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Scunthorpe, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Scunthorpe and nearby locations:
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Nick Curry. 19&6 🏆 (@nickcurry74) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia Is there a problem with the apps, iPlayer, amazon prime, more4 etc, none of them will work.
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andy stones (@andy_stones) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia Don’t know but a lot of people aren’t very happy with the service, drops out more than it’s in service, maybe a UPD issue on virgins system
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Darren Barton (@Darren_Barton19) reported from Scunthorpe, England@iamscuk @Wayne_James1 @PlayApex @virginmedia @bt_uk Hahaha you would think you used to help out in a phone shop @iamscuk
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Paul Claridge (@PaulClaridge77) reported from Crosby, England@virginmedia in the past few months in the L23 area your service has been nothing short of shocking…. As someone working from home & needing WiFi to work I’ve recently decided to leave, unfortunately my replacement service can’t be installed in May though. What went wrong?
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George🪐 (@GeoSandersonn) reported from Bottesford, Englandvirgin media must be down again because she hasn’t replied to my message in 63 hours.
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Vicki Holmes (@VMHolmes83) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia shocking service from you, just been on the phone for over 50 mins trying to sort my shocking internet speed only to be cut off & no call back. Told nothing they can do and your checks show everything is fine. What am I paying £79 for when I’m not getting the service
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Paul wilson (@paulscunny) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia I tweeted you back in January after months of phone calls and we are still no further on still have the same problem
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Elijah Draven Knight (@ElijahDraven) reported from Scunthorpe, England@bt_uk @SkyUK @virginmedia can you offer a cheaper broadband than my current supplier I get 80mgb for £35 a month not on a deal for that either try hard to gain another customer will anyone try
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neil mumby (@Neil_mumby) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia @Virgin @richardbranson no phone coverage for most of the da, I understand you might get technical issues but this length of time, come on you can do better #switchitoffandonagain
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Malcolm Roberts (@Drmalrob062) reported from Scunthorpe, England@Banksie23Robert Yep, that's was the only response I got, through Twitter! The rest of virgin media comms are down, or waiting queue for 45min plus only to be told "we are aware and our engineers are working on it".
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Joe Bradley (@Joeisbald) reported from Bottesford, England@virginmedia can someone answer the phone and not hang up please.
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Paul wilson (@paulscunny) reported from Scunthorpe, England@chaserileyuk @virginmedia 7 weeks you lucky we're had wifi problems for over a year and still not sorted out
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Jim Palmer (@jimpalmer38) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia Very unhappy with you this morning. In the summer I agreed a 12 month contract for a fixed price. In November you increased the price by £4, I complained & got it down to the correct price. Now it's gone back up by £4 and the person I spoke to said he can't reduce it
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Ken (@kenhercock) reported from Scunthorpe, England@djrwilliams @virginmedia Been on hold 17 minutes and counting trying to cancel.arseholes !
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andy stones (@andy_stones) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia internets been terrible tonight, cost me, lost £££ Scunthorpe DN17
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CheekyLion :O (@acheekylion) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia It was mobile phone signal, it's been intermittent all morning. Currently I have 4g, but it's been fluctuating from no signal to 4g and back.
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Paul wilson (@paulscunny) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia So all the phone calls we made over this means nothing, surely it will be on record either way and someone should see theres a problem, sounds like we been pasted between another pillar and post.
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Paul wilson (@paulscunny) reported from Scunthorpe, England@virginmedia still having wifi problems, months later still being fobbed off, now a problem in my area but your own website says it ok. How much longer will it take to get sorted.
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David Green 💙 (@DavidGr42957774) reported from Scotter, England@mouthwaite @virginmedia Tamzin, have you asked the school if there is any support available with WiFi? I know my college used done funds to provide dongles with access. Worth asking. A teacher.
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Leigh Herrick (@Fatpepe1) reported from Bottesford, England@virginmedia moved house, moved my subscription, engineer came yesterday and still no service. Rang customer services, on hold for 59 minutes and then cut off. Amazing service 👍🏼👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Head ball boy (@Richardnash12) reported@virginmedia tv and Internet is down in BR2 9 area any idea when its fixed
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Justin (@juza_23) reportedBasically spend the past week aside from the weekend without TV or broadband because Virgin Media can’t be arsed to send somebody out to fix the problem. ******* ridiculous.
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ChrisBtw (@ChrisBtw___) reportedVirgin media with the 3rd outage of the week... Cheers ya useless *****!
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RichieRich (@richard81242885) reportedWas say all day be fixed by 6pm now saying by 3pm tomorrow Says internet is working,guess what it’s not, Virgin you are truly 💩! Within the last week I’ve had 3 days with full service @virginmedia ! Must do better C-
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R (@Rah333m111) reported@O2 @virginmedia spent months trying to resolve incorrect default from Jan 2026.Multiple complaints have been incorrectly closed/ignored/been passed between departments. No deadlock letter closed my complaint without addressing my response. @LutzSchueler help! Comp unacceptable!
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Jade 🩵 (@xjade_h) reportedSeriously @virginmedia has the WORST customer service and will just harass you 24/7 without a care in the world 🙄
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Derek (@DerekMcguire44) reported@virginmedia You have left my 86 year old dad without a phone or internet. He now has no way of contacting family , doctor , hospital or even emergency services if required. Your engineer attended, couldn’t fix it and left. Not good enough!!
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Blake Plastering® (@BlakePlastering) reported@virginmedia Please help: Tell me why bill 25th July 2026-26th August bill Cycle was billed at £79.34. My subscription is £52.95. Does this mean you charged me penalty Fees or other charges at cost total £26.39 / is this fee representative at x 1 month bill cycle or other? Why?
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Letter Lout (@Letterlout) reported@virginmedia Trouble with Internet in NE8 4RS?
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Craig (@wolve585) reportedWhat a joke @virginmedia are! 2 weeks, twice "the system isn't working", 3 times been promised call backs to sort the account of my dad who has passed away and nothing! As if its not a hard enough time as it is! I was going to keep the account but this has made me want to cancel!