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Virgin Media Outage Report in Reading, England

Why is my Virgin Media service not working?

Some problems detected

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

The latest reports from users having issues in Reading come from postal codes RG1 , RG6 , RG4 , RG2 , RG5 , RG31 , RG7 and RG10 .

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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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.

April 6: Problems at Virgin Media

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.

  • 56% Internet (56%)
  • 21% Wi-fi (21%)
  • 10% Total Blackout (10%)
  • 8% TV (8%)
  • 4% E-mail (4%)
  • 2% Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Reading, England

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Reading Internet 29 minutes ago
Reading Internet 9 hours ago
Reading Internet 2 days ago
Reading Internet 3 days ago
Farnborough Wi-fi 4 days ago
Reading Internet 5 days ago

Community Discussion

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Reading, England

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

  • kqbrain
    Khurram Qayam (@kqbrain) reported from Reading, England

    Another day of pathetic experience on @virginmedia broadband service. No broadband service in RG6 area. Regretting my decision to switch. @Ofcom @DowndetectorUK

  • vserafino19
    Vito Serafino (@vserafino19) reported from Farnborough, England

    @virginmedia @tandcbroking Either a lot of people are checking the service status on the website or that site also not working. Cheers

  • 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?

  • EmsAlice
    Ems (@EmsAlice) reported from Bracknell, England

    @virginmedia We just purchased a film from the media store and it won’t play - just is stuck at 0 minutes 😡 we’ve restarted our box but always have problems like this with catch up especially… not ideal when we’ve paid money to rent a film! Can you help at all?

  • 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

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

    @virginmedia Sorry but no. If you can't monitor your own service provision why should I ?

  • 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

  • callum_penny
    Callum Penny (@callum_penny) reported from Fleet, England

    @virginmedia no WiFi for the past 4 hours now… have ran tests to solve issues. Says service is fine in area again now but still nothing? Gu52 area code

  • Goldy73
    GoldyMcGoldface (@Goldy73) reported from Farnborough, England

    @virginmedia The fact you have even done it without telling anyone is a shocking customer service move,especially in this day and age where a lot of people are working from home. Absolutely disgusting service I don't care how long it will take, I need to know of you plan to take it down so

  • barrowboy78
    ⚒ JOHN TURNER ⚒ (@barrowboy78) reported from Reading, England

    Anybody having problems with @virginmedia in the Reading area ……..?

  • CarolRothy
    Carol Rothwell (@CarolRothy) reported from Wokingham, England

    @virginmedia hello. Please could you advise how on earth I get in touch with someone by phone??. I’ve spent 15 mins navigating website to try and get to a person rather than a bot. I need to report an equipment fault which isn’t service specific

  • nenevall
    derrick mulvana (@nenevall) reported from Reading, England

    @virginmedia @OfficialRandL reading festival, the virgin media mobile network is on its knees with no internet connection across most of the site.. sort it out.

  • kqbrain
    Khurram Qayam (@kqbrain) reported from Reading, England

    Another day of bad experience with @virginmedia broadband service in RG6 area. Buffering on streaming service, no video calls possible on Skype and WhatsApp. Seriously thinking of switching to @bt_uk

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

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

  • ChavdogEvans
    Daniel Evans (@ChavdogEvans) reported from Farnborough, England

    @virginmedia my wifi seem to keep dropping out is there issues with it at the moment

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

    @virginmedia Nope. There’s “nothing wrong” with the broadband according to the status page. Never is. It’s always the hub supposedly downloading updates. 10 weeks of this now, getting a bit bored of the lack of service TBH. This needs to be escalated.

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

    ‘ere, @VirginMedia, it’s been a full month now of totally unreliable service at my house; 5 engineers later, with the last call to 0345 454 111 on Friday saying you KNOW there’s a problem and it WILL be fixed in 24 hours. I called bullshit. I was right. Sort this out!!!

  • kqbrain
    Khurram Qayam (@kqbrain) reported from Reading, England

    We have issue with #HGVdrivers but why @virginmedia broadband had issues for the last few days in RG6 area. Pretty bad service. @Ofcom

  • HaiderAlRekabi
    Haider Al-Rekabi 🏴‍☠️ (@HaiderAlRekabi) reported from Reading, England

    @virginmedia There is no problem in my area. My problem is specific to my account.

  • kqbrain
    Khurram Qayam (@kqbrain) reported from Reading, England

    @virginmedia It's always the same response. No service impacting issues reported. However, the service is pretty bad. Wondering if @virginmedia network is capable of handling traffic or deliberately doing throttling. @Ofcom

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • nasherxxx
    ❥ Ellese (@nasherxxx) reported

    @virginmedia hi can someone help me please?

  • meganackk
    ᛤ megan ⎈ (@meganackk) reported

    @virginmedia I want to cancel my contract and nobody will let me speak to the cancellations team. I am a single person living on disability and cannot afford £400.

  • jellycat1966
    David Bowie (@jellycat1966) reported

    @virginmedia I am now out of contract, if I cancel it how long long will it be before I can rejoin as a new customer ?

  • UrbexTroll
    urbexing (@UrbexTroll) reported

    Feels so good to cancel the direct debit for virgin media Ireland and never be a customer again. People if we all cancel our direct debit’s they will have to reduce their prices @VirginMediaIE #costofliving #costoflivingpayment #recession2022

  • gashead
    Alistair 🏴‍☠️ Burns (@gashead) reported from Hatfield, England

    Used to tell my colleagues on @virginmedia to switch to @BT to overcome reliability issues. Moved house and little choice to pick Virgin. No internet or TV for 7 days, fix due by 1pm today. Queried at 1.30pm and 6.30pm, assured it would be today, told to relax. Frankie says BS.

  • Megameak
    John Meakins (@Megameak) reported

    @virginmedia are there any issues reported for NN5? Been a week of faulty Internet and even none at all! It's Friday night and I have had no Internet all day. Any update would be great, it's annoying to be told there are no faults on my connection when there really is.

  • misspiggyx101x
    misspiggy101 (@misspiggyx101x) reported

    @virginmedia I spoke to them, my problem was that it took 5 hours of messages to get nowhere! Was offered a deal then wasnt allowed to actually have it?? Honestly gobsmacked!

  • xSmithy1980x
    x Smithy x (@xSmithy1980x) reported

    @virginmedia What?? Yes total loss. No internet and no tv. May have service during day but I’m at work then so no use to me , it’s not just a slight drop out. Can’t even load web on my phone

  • LOLOPHONEIQ
    Vorix (@LOLOPHONEIQ) reported

    @virginmedia It isn't just slow WiFi speeds, it's the fact it keeps dropping off and disconnecting form things making everything that needs the Internet unusable

  • Laps72
    Laps (@Laps72) reported

    @virginmedia Your WhatsApp chat service is ridiculous! I’ve got a simple question and I’m left ‘hanging on’ whilst an agent is found. Shocking customer service