Virgin Media outages and service status in Reading, England
Some problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, wi-fi and total blackout.
Full Outage Map
- Virgin Media generated 0 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Reading, including 0 direct reports.
- 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 4, 12:59 AM GMT+1.
- Internet (80%)
- Total Blackout (10%)
- E-mail (5%)
- Wi-fi (5%)
The latest reports from users having issues in Reading come from postal codes RG1 , RG6 , RG7 , RG2 , RG31 and RG30 .
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.
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Live Outage Map Near Reading, England
The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Reading, Fleet, Didcot, Camberley, Henley on Thames, Farnborough, High Wycombe, Maidenhead, Marlow, Bracknell, Didcot, and Tadley.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Reading
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Internet | 2 days ago |
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Reading
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Internet | 12 days ago |
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Fleet
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Internet | 13 days ago |
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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Reading, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Reading and nearby locations:
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Paul Austin (@BagshotTwit) reported from Camberley, England@virginmedia I upgraded to the Ultimate Oomph package in Jan but still waiting for the order to be completed. I’ve contacted customer services on numerous times but no success, I’ve also raised a complaint. How do I actually get some help to complete the order?
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Marti Jerrard - K74 (@K74Marti) reported from Farnborough, England@virginmedia I have followed every instruction as advised. Turned off, set, check status and even network issue in area.. it just keeps dropping out daily with no know issues. It’s as if faster broadband has actually slowed it all down! Pse sort it out
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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.
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CM40 (@CM40UK) reported from Blackwater, England@MoneySavingExp How about they just deliver consistent service? I am leaving Virginmedia and they are making it hard, there rules state if I don’t get the speeds promised they I can leave without penalties, I’ve had 7 times where I have connection in the last 3 days! @virginmedia @richardbranson
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shaun harley (@shaun1968) reported from Didcot, England@virginmedia I'm expecting a replacement set top box to replace a broken tivo. Told it will be delivered Weds. but I've had no confirmation email and not showing in my virgin app. Can anyone help
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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!
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faye harland (@fayeharland) reported from Reading, England@virginmedia Hi again. Just letting you know we’ve made contact with him and all seems fine. So please can we cancel the engineer for Friday.
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Nicky Booty (@nickybootyy) reported from Reading, England@virginmedia when will the problems in rg1 be resolved?
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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
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𝗟𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗻 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 🍃💚🍃 (@LesleeRBarron) reported from Reading, England@virginmedia Just had a call from Jerry at Virginmedia media wanting to help me mend my broadband issues (that I don’t have). After challenging him he told me to find the largest ***** & shove it up my arse!! Charming!! His No. 02038399963
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DimiD (@DimiD35089880) reported from Camberley, England@virginmedia Upgraded to volt500 from 350 and speed haven’t changed now 3 weeks despite your engineer changed the hub him self still same shame I been loyal customer for the last 13 years
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Flo (@Flozephine) reported from Bracknell, England@virginmedia no broadband in RG12 for over an hour - can’t report on your service status page as it appears down? Any update gratefully received 🙏🏻
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Tom (@Tom38971529) reported from Wokingham, England@virginmedia Well I would speak to a member of the team but always get the call cut short and I ask for a call back if the line goes dead. Twice yesterday ot happend Nd never got a phone call back
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Alyson Leitch (@Geordiesbird) reported from Wokingham, England@virginmedia is there an outage in Woking? No WiFi at all for 2 hours so far. 😫😫🤬
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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
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Craig (@Rochdale_Cowboy) reported from Reading, England@virginmedia @LudaLukeUK That webpage isn't working. Presumably because your network is down!
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𝓓 𝓪 𝓶 𝓲 𝓮 𝓷 (@DamienPSmith) reported from Bracknell, England@virginmedia how soon before that issue is resolved? I’m in the RG12 area? Trying to work from home
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Paul Mackenzie Ross (@pmross) reported from Farnborough, EnglandDear @VirginMedia, after 3x visits from technicians over 6 months (one of whom LIED about fixing bb/WiFi) I’m now back to no service (48 hours). Yes, tried rebooting, off/on etc, status says everything OK, Called yesterday and there IS an issue. When are you going to fix it?
Virgin Media Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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TommyH (@TW19_2_3) reported@virginmedia total shite, no broadband, failure after failure. Bullshit service
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Craig (@bricknblock1981) reported@virginmedia AVOID AT ALL COSTS - Absolutely awful customer service. Schedule appointments and never turn up. We are now on our 5th rescheduled appointment in 5 days and no expected timeframe for a resolution. Total loss of service 11 days and counting…
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Sue Rouse💙 🇺🇦 (@rouse_sue) reported@virginmedia I have Netflix as part of my deal. I’ve been told 4 times that an email will be with me in 24 hours. Still no email after 8 days. Everyone promised but no delivery’s. This seems to be a regular issue.
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Marc (@marcleigh) reported@o2 @virginmedia your new sign in method is ridiculous this is 2026 get proper security not this stupid email link to verify
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Brian Geekie (@geekiebrian) reported@virginmedia I’m still locked out of my virginmedia account after waiting 15 working days for resolution of this problem
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Ben C (@BenChubb4) reportedHey @virginmedia still 2hrs and 20 mins remaining to call me like you said you would to update/fix the fact that I’ve had no email access on any device for 11 days. Only 2 days over your last SLA. P.s. Thanks m not available to speak to Saturday, Sunday Monday
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mec337 (@mec337) reported@virginmedia my phone is not working again !! are there any issues with TW13 area. Before I waste my time again
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Accessible Waterways Association CIC (@accesswaterways) reported@NicolaG01 @virginmedia My experience of Virgin has always been they suffer from technical issues. Many is the time in the past I have called them, they have told me to do things at my end which I know will achieve nothing... and then it magically works!
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Bobbypants (@Bobbypants911) reported@virginmedia what sort of morons do you employ as customer retention agents?
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Marko Polo (@MarkoPoloG1889) reported@christobinsings @virginmedia It is a shambles constantly going down all the time