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Virgin Media Outage Report in Risca, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales

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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 Risca, Wales

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Risca 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 Risca, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales 12/24/2025 11:15

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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 Risca, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Newport, Cardiff, Pontypool, Cwmbran, Clevedon, Caerphilly and Blackwood.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewport Internet
United KingdomCardiff Internet
United KingdomCardiff Internet
United KingdomPontypool Internet
United KingdomCardiff TV
United KingdomCwmbran Internet

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Risca, Wales

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Risca and nearby locations:

  • leynon24 Liam Eynon (@leynon24) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @virginmedia hi, had no internet or tv all morning and no updates on fixes other than the service status sliding from 1100 to 1400. Is there any other update?

  • DarronKnibbs Darron Knibbs (@DarronKnibbs) reported from Caerphilly, Wales

    @virginmedia why have I been waiting over an hour for someone from your technical support to contact me on chat and chatting with your first line? #poorcustomerservice

  • jonny_ex9 Jonny Ex (@jonny_ex9) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Can you just fix my internet please? @virginmedia I really can’t be arsed with this today

  • EmilyEvaGill Em Gill (@EmilyEvaGill) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Dear @virginmedia why are you so bad?

  • BottleShopDan Daniel Williams (@BottleShopDan) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @vmbusinesshelp @vmbusiness Also your text back thing doesn't work. Can't wait to take our business elsewhere

  • Andrew20061976 AJR PhotoArt (@Andrew20061976) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @virginmedia hello I'm a Virgin Media Customer, am I able to block certain landline numbers calling me?

  • smoph_star Sophie Simmonds (@smoph_star) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Hey @virginmedia how do we book an engineer? Our box has come but won’t connect due to wrong cables. On hold for over 45 mins, please help 😭

  • partywareham Sarah Wareham (@partywareham) reported from Blackwood, Wales

    @EmilyEvaGill @virginmedia So has mine with BT, they offered me £20 as an apology but it’s not an apology it’s a contractual obligation! Paying a fortune for a non existent service! Hopefully will be fixed tomorrow

  • KenDaniels9 Ken Daniels (@KenDaniels9) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @virginmedia how do you make complaints I don’t know what is happenning to virgin media and e mails but the service is useless I am paying for a service you can not provide how do I change to another provider

  • murfilicious Chris Murphy (@murfilicious) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    my @virginmedia internet has been offline or intermittent now for almost 24 hours, yet the online service checker is reporting "no faults"... (Cardiff CF5 area) @DowndetectorUK

  • KitaW Kita Williams (@KitaW) reported from Newport, Wales

    Fed up with #virginmedia. Service is so poor , anyone got any decent broadband providers?

  • Jordanmac95 Jordan McDonnell (@Jordanmac95) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @virginmedia any chance of you not cutting off a call? Rang 5 times now to cancel my mobile contract and each time you put the phone down. Your customer service is shocking.

  • Byron69768507 Byron (@Byron69768507) reported from Pontypridd, Wales

    @virginmedia Crap day and yet again crap broadband

  • GraingerNorman NormanGrainger (@GraingerNorman) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Virgin media broadband the most shocking customer services ever. I made official complaint in January 2020 after six further calls still no response to resolve problem no one ever comes back to sort out problem# NEVER USE THEM YOU DONT WANT TO GO THROUGH WHAT I AM EXPERIANCING

  • Thelansdownepub The Lansdowne (@Thelansdownepub) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Guys!!! Important!!! @virginmedia is down !!! That means no card machines for us!!! Please grab cash on your way if you can

  • Tamsininnit Sarah Tamsin (@Tamsininnit) reported from Pontypridd, Wales

    What's the point of being a @vmbusiness customer, when they don't inform you of planned outtages? 😡

  • dae_1989 Drew Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@dae_1989) reported from Pontypridd, Wales

    Hello @virginmedia. What ******** is going on in the CF postcode?? No phone, internet or TV. Your website says everything is okay. It clearly isn’t.

  • P__TheLetter Stu (@P__TheLetter) reported from Bargoed, Wales

    @virginmedia Really need to speak with someone to order a replacement SIM card. Phone lines say customer service is closed & so does the local store phone number. Live chat is taking hours.

  • PeterFortune5 Peter Fortune (@PeterFortune5) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @cerysfurlong @virginmedia Wondered why my internet was down

  • ChrisJG1988 Christopher Guy (@ChrisJG1988) reported from Pontypridd, Wales

    @virginmedia how can I get in contact with customer services?

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • yell0fell0 goblin (@yell0fell0) reported

    @virginmedia please fix your services, my entire family hasn't had a proper wifi connection for weeks and we are all dependant on the internet for work and school. it's a joke honestly

  • salimah67993471 salim ahmed (@salimah67993471) reported

    @virginmedia C-151220669 - very very disappointed. This complaint been waiting since 15/12/20, today i see it closed because it says ''We've solved and closed your issue We haven't heard from you since we offered a solution, so we've assumed you're happy with it.'' #virginmedia #poorservice

  • lemonfreshrob Rob Morris (@lemonfreshrob) reported

    Email from Virgin Media: "We've given you more TV." Don't care... have you given me better service? I bet the hell not! All I want is reliable service!

  • allyshiavlogs ally💜 (@allyshiavlogs) reported

    @virginmedia been on the phone waiting for 48 mins for it to just disconnect... not happy!! Poor customer service. I’m a brand new customer & already disappointed with the service. Was supposed to have my WiFi installation pack arrive today and I’ve heard nothing.

  • mstrdrmz 𝕸𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖉𝖗𝖚𝖒𝖟 (@mstrdrmz) reported

    @virginmedia Phone agents took 25+ mins to get through to said they've sent signals and he's going to call back in an hour. Box is still doing the same lights. Also when I login it still says I have no services, I did start a new fixed contract but don't know how to log onto that

  • Caroline_bowyer Beard and Brunette (@Caroline_bowyer) reported

    @virginmedia still waiting for my router to arrive ordered Wednesday due today between 8-6pm I have tried to call no answer ive filled a complaint no answer can someone contact me please

  • lindafordy Linda Ford (@lindafordy) reported

    @virginmedia He has. The problem is with the box that's out somewhere on the road. Alot of neighbouring roads have also had issues and you are trying hard to fix it. Not fully sorted yet though

  • KenjayMellamphy Kenneth Mellamphy (@KenjayMellamphy) reported

    @ItzEbil I’ve been using Virgin Media for phones now for a good few years and ya they have an outage when there’s a horrible storm but other than that it’s grand,

  • kenket1 Kenny Kettings (@kenket1) reported

    @virginmedia That is a wonderful way of treating your customers. Call back tomorrow as we have too many complaints at the moment and our call handlers are busy. Maybe I should try @Sky. for a better service.

  • andyandyfox A.Fox (@andyandyfox) reported

    @virginmedia Yes I have and I just had a twenty minute conversation with a bot who couldn’t help....