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Virgin Media outages and service status in Reading, England

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 Reading, including 1 direct report.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention Internet, Total Blackout, and E-mail.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received May 10, 7:23 PM GMT+1.
  • 69% Internet (69%)
  • 19% Total Blackout (19%)
  • 6% E-mail (6%)
  • 6% Wi-fi (6%)

The latest reports from users having issues in Reading come from postal codes RG1 , RG7 , RG2 and RG6 .

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 Reading, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Reading, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

May 11: Problems at Virgin Media

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Live Outage Map Near Reading, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Camberley, Maidenhead, Reading, Fleet, Didcot, Henley on Thames, Farnborough, High Wycombe, Marlow, Bracknell, and Didcot.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Camberley Internet 17 hours ago
Maidenhead Wi-fi 2 days ago
Reading Total Blackout 3 days ago
Reading E-mail 4 days ago
Reading Internet 7 days ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Camberley

1 recent signals

17 hours ago
Maidenhead

1 recent signals

2 days ago

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Reading, England

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

  • danbon1973
    Daniel Bonilla (@danbon1973) reported from Wokingham, England

    @virginmedia how do I check my virgin status if the status page doesn't work? Is there an outage in GU21 area?

  • nattytude
    Nattytude (@nattytude) reported from Fleet, England

    @virginmedia Internet is down in GU51 since yesterday. When will it be up? Can't report it online, because we have no internet for it to check with!

  • Rochdale_Cowboy
    Craig (@Rochdale_Cowboy) reported from Reading, England

    @virginmedia @LudaLukeUK That webpage isn't working. Presumably because your network is down!

  • Pablocollier
    Paul Collier (@Pablocollier) reported from Wokingham, England

    @virginmedia Patchy. And the weekends enquiry regarding possibly upgrading... Non existent service.

  • PhilStace20
    Phil Stacey (@PhilStace20) reported from Maidenhead, England

    Hey @virginmedia I forgot how awful you were when it came to anything other than collecting my direct debit. Apparently you don’t have a complaints dept, genius, and after 4 calls to you today totally around three hours, you cut two of them off during the musical interlude!

  • mcsherlocks
    Daniel Sherlock (@mcsherlocks) reported from Wokingham, England

    @virginmedia Internet down at the moment in Woking also yesterday. Checked with my neighbours also down so is system wide

  • hoarp001
    Peter ***** (@hoarp001) reported from Fleet, England

    @virginmedia my broadband is running at 10mbps (supposed to be 200). The app has done a "scan" and it says there is a network error and check back in 24 hours. Problem is, it's still slow three days later and there appears to be no more help on offer. Now what?

  • arintsie
    A Rintsie (@arintsie) reported from Marlow Bottom, England

    @virginmedia Phone call received this afternoon from your service centre but not about the complaint / when I asked about it they cut me off / email received from Resolution Team this afternoon telling me to ring your service line and have not read the complaint / total joke C-180123113

  • davedec60
    Dave Crocker (@davedec60) reported from Reading, England

    So @virginmedia once more we have an outage, how many times now in the last 3 months? NOT GOOD ENOUGH!! Currently looking at switching supplier

  • Chateauneuf64
    Bowlesy (@Chateauneuf64) reported from Wokingham, England

    @virginmedia Broadband down again, 2nd week in a row. Had one day of service and stupidly canx Engineer due next day and hey presto back down we go again. 1 week wait for engineer, 1 day of BB, and now earliest slot for Engineer +1 week. Buyer beware. Typing whilst 50 mins holding with VM!

  • DimiD35089880
    DimiD (@DimiD35089880) reported from Camberley, England

    @virginmedia can’t even set up hub properly. 3 weeks since I upgraded my speed and I receive still the same but they keep insisting (we made changes will approve by tomorrow) REALLY!!! Is technical support think we are so stupid. Get a grip @virginmedia next stop complaints

  • HamiltonNashHR
    Jim Moore (@HamiltonNashHR) reported from Winnersh, England

    So @virginmedia is down again, and their 4G backup dongle has failed to take over AGAIN. In fact, it has never once failed over to 4G in any of the outages we’ve ever had. Why am I paying for this? 😡

  • gonnella
    Pete (@gonnella) reported from Woodley, England

    @mattlintott @NetXL_dot_com Nice 👍🏻 got gig1 from @virginmedia but the upload is awful only 50mbit. Hope it gets increased to at least 100mbit soon.

  • woodyturts
    Alex Turton (@woodyturts) reported from Farnborough, England

    @virginmedia service down in GU14?

  • pears0
    gonzo (@pears0) reported from Camberley, England

    @virginmedia so, I've been trying for over 3 hours now to cancel my contract and absolutely no progress made so far!!! 3 hours. Surely this is a breach of ofcoms rules to make cancellation a reasonably quick and easy process!?

  • andburd
    Andrew Burdett (@andburd) reported from Maidenhead, England

    Hi @virginmedia, I’ve spent more than an hour on the phone to your advisors this morning and am getting nowhere. I have therefore now decided I would like to cancel my contract (I am within cooling-off period). Would I still be considered a ‘new’ customer if I find a new deal?

  • Debbiejojessup
    Deborah Jessup (@Debbiejojessup) reported from Woodley, England

    Trying to cancel our Virgin Broadband what a nightmare. On hold for 90 mins still no one answers from the cancellation department. #virginmedia @virginmedia

  • pears0
    gonzo (@pears0) reported from Camberley, England

    @virginmedia We are sorry you are still waiting to be connected to one of the team. Our wait times are very high at the moment due to an unprecedented demand to speak to the team & we are experiencing some issues with our internal systems. This may mean a delay in being transferred to one of

  • pmross
    Paul Mackenzie Ross (@pmross) reported from Farnborough, England

    @Firesnapper999 @virginmedia It’s really frustrating; the third technician was brilliant, replaced everything almost like a new install and it worked great for just over a week. Now the status site says everything is good whilst a call to support says it isn’t. #Grrr

  • AronGunningham
    Aron Gunningham (@AronGunningham) reported from Reading, England

    @virginmedia RG6 no service

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • oxongardengirl
    Allie (@oxongardengirl) reported

    @lewclarke1 @virginmedia Oh I could have told you they were awful. Try moving house with them! It's "character building"

  • samstephens_96
    Sam Stephens (@samstephens_96) reported

    @virginmedia please can you check your DMs? I have tried contacting your customer service on all other platforms with no avail

  • globalfireforum
    globalfireforum (@globalfireforum) reported

    @obbsie @virginmedia Very strange - must be something behind such an outage? Not seen anything of significance yet

  • Stewart_Paske
    Stewart Paske 🇪🇺🇬🇧🖖 (@Stewart_Paske) reported

    @virginmedia Broadband issues in CB4, Cambridge. Anyone else experiencing issues? #cambridge #VirginMedia

  • Dgjbear1
    Dgjbear (@Dgjbear1) reported

    @virginmedia Why do you bother to ask everyone to send you a DM detailing our issue and then simply ignore it. I am now on hold to you customer service (lol) team for 2hrs 9mons. The team obviously doesn’t exist anymore. I will be messaging you in public until you reply to me

  • AshronDesigns
    Ashron Designs (@AshronDesigns) reported

    @virginmedia I have decided to cancel after nearly 20 years! Tried live chat and all they did was reduce the package to reduce the price.

  • RabArmstrong77
    rab1977 (@RabArmstrong77) reported

    @virginmedia Just moved home. No broadband or tv. Service supposed to be connected yesterday. Been on hold for over 2hrs last night with no answer and now today 46mins and counting

  • JustAnAlienOk
    RogerSmithUpInThisBitch (@JustAnAlienOk) reported

    @virginmedia @derekscotia Why is the internet down everywhere? No connection at all

  • HammondMilly
    Melitha Hammond (@HammondMilly) reported

    @virginmedia I’m trying desperately hard to keep my child safe online. He has SEN and has spent £300 in over 18 websites since he was 13. I used essential security to lock these from my router however it hasn’t worked for months. Feel really let down!

  • Chrisgme62
    Chris McLaren-Edge. (@Chrisgme62) reported

    @virginmedia explain to me why I received an update of payment starting 26th April of £55.50 month then get a bill of £82.67. Can find no reason for thisYour useless customer service don't even answer when phone absolute rubbish help with Terribot.