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Virgin Media Outage Report in Reading, England

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, RG2, RG4, RG6, RG10, RG5, RG30 and RG31.

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 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 Reading, England 02/22/2026 16:20

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Internet (57%)

    Internet (57%)

  2. Wi-fi (21%)

    Wi-fi (21%)

  3. Total Blackout (10%)

    Total Blackout (10%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Reading, England

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomCamberley Internet
United KingdomFleet Internet
United KingdomReading Wi-fi
United KingdomReading Internet
United KingdomBracknell TV
United KingdomReading Internet

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Reading, England

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

  • 6thDr 6thdr (@6thDr) reported from Wokingham, England

    Today I finally changed my phone. Goodbye #virginmedia #virginmobile never again shall I have such awful customer service service.

  • tashaj1984 Natasha Gorrie (@tashaj1984) reported from Farnborough, England

    @virginmedia I have posted but not sure how a forum post will help. Can you advise of your official escalation complaint process

  • a3racer Chris C (@a3racer) reported from Wokingham, England

    @virginmedia is there a fix time for the Virgin TV issue in the GU21 area? It’s been down now for over 24 hours! Will my account be credited with money that I have paid for no service?

  • 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

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

    @virginmedia hey, it’s been slow going on broadband in GU14 since Tuesday.

  • AlisonJaneWilso Alison Jane Wilson (@AlisonJaneWilso) reported from Camberley, England

    @virginmedia truly awful company stuck in the dark ages why would you trust them with broadband when after 3 months notice to quit they take full payment and then you have to apply for a refund !!! Company run by dinosaurs looking for opportunities to rip you off when leaving !

  • ce141974 Caryn Sinclair (@ce141974) reported from Maidenhead, England

    @virginmedia your customer service is beyond bad!! When making a complaint because I have no internet your representative desires to shout over me! I’ve been waiting 3 days!! Shocking!!!

  • DoughnutDoney Doughnut Doney (@DoughnutDoney) reported from Benson, England

    @virginmedia plz stop calling me asking if I want an upgrade. Been a loyal customer for over 15 yrs and its getting annoying now. Yes my phone is due for an upgrade but only when I want it. So plz when you say Im on the 'has been contacted list' stick with that 😞

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

    @virginmedia Thanks. Engineer showed up, plugged in a new Hub 3, “fixed” my BB & WiFi and, 3 hours later, it’s still not working. Can I 1) file a complaint and 2) get a guarantee that this will be fixed for once and for all.

  • AndyBarr79 Andy Barr 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@AndyBarr79) reported from Reading, England

    @virginmedia Hi see first tweet in chain, I have been waiting on CS whom I called and raised a call back complaint request with before I tweeted my frustration

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

    @virginmedia It about moving house. As Virgin is unavailable at the new residence and the move is only temporary I was told in two separate calls that I could ‘freeze’ my account and now it’s come to it it seems that I have to keep paying whilst not receiving any service or buy myself out!

  • AndyBarr79 Andy Barr 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@AndyBarr79) reported from Reading, England

    @virginmedia I can't sign in as I no longer hold an account, your CS don't care and obviously fobbing me off and not raising complaints as requested, I will just pursue via FCA and/or trading standards.

  • MikeBiscoe1 Mike Biscoe (@MikeBiscoe1) reported from Reading, England

    @virginmedia *sigh*. Been directed to this many times. Had engineers referred many times. This is a persistent issue that raises its ugly head far too frequently

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

    @denman79 @virginmedia The irony is that @virginmedia are more like the Pistols -‘No point in asking you’ll get no reply’ and they seem ‘Pretty Vacant’ but ‘Never mind all that…..’ can someone please take some responsibility and ownership that seems to be sadly lacking atm

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

    @virginmedia Thanks. Done that. Multiple times. And over the last 6 months. And when I was an ntl: customer. And CableTel before that. 27 years of 56k > 350Mb and now it’s totally doing my head in. Unable to work from home properly. Boss won’t be happy!

  • 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!

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

    @virginmedia It’s more about how this can’t be dealt with online and spending a busy day trying to get to talk with someone who actually can help. #Disgraceful #expectedthis

  • mkn1ght Ultra Mugnus (@mkn1ght) reported from Reading, England

    @monstroso @virginmedia A problem we all have.

  • flyingjok John Neilson (@flyingjok) reported from Camberley, England

    @virginmedia Worst part of it @virginmedia is the way your customer service team speaks to customers. Quite appalling and in my experience always approached on basis that the customer is wrong. It consistently bad - to be told you don’t send texts when I clearly had two texts quite insulting!

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

    @virginmedia Thanks I’m currently doing this now. So on the ‘phone once again for around an hour and been passed over and back and STILL no outcome a d still holding. Just waiting for the line to go dead as previous. When does a customer give up and just leave this shower for good?!?!?! 🤬🤬

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • tick_tick_BLOOM Elizabeth Bloom (@tick_tick_BLOOM) reported from Lambeth, England

    @virginmedia can I please send you a DM / ask someone to get in contact? I’ve got nowhere with your rude advisor over the phone.

  • tony_tselepis Tony Tselepis (@tony_tselepis) reported

    @virginmedia There's an ongoing issue in the n21 area of London that has been ongoing for a few months now. The broadband keeps dropping out for a minute evey 20 minutes so when I work from home my access to my work system is thrown out. It's very annoying. Also streaming films freezes

  • bethshipley98 Beth Shipley (@bethshipley98) reported

    @virginmedia Already done that, estimated fix time of 4pm. Totally unacceptable!!! We pay for your service and it NEVER works.

  • Michael_Hartt Michael Hartt (@Michael_Hartt) reported

    @virginmedia That's unethical by #VirginMedia. Addressing customer complaint by trying to mislead into new contract with big penalties to leave, without disclosing it was new contract - just saying "we can lower your bill". And then when I said "I want cust service not retention", hung up.

  • lauradocherty84 Laura Docherty (@lauradocherty84) reported

    @virginmedia I would AGAIN (called numerous times last few months) but I haven’t got time to be on hold hours talking to a technical team that just read from a script, all they’ve done is tell me they resend a signal to the pods which does nothing. Why doesnt your kit just work as it should?

  • HelynParr Helyn Parr (@HelynParr) reported

    @virginmedia Still waiting for IT to help us but still no help on reinstatement of email at work today so will contact again 4:pm thinking of moving all our 3 accounts to Sky

  • MegacityGU MegacityGU (@MegacityGU) reported

    @vmbusiness we're experiencing an outage in the KT12 postcode area. Hitron router shows no internet. Is there a problem?

  • timmymc Tim McLoughlin (@timmymc) reported

    @virginmedia Yes, it just says you are aware of an issue and it won't be fixed until 16:00. I can't work at home without internet! What is the actual issue?

  • ushererofsouls ✨kate✨ (@ushererofsouls) reported

    @virginmedia I’ve just been told the entire village has issues with VM - so….

  • jontylord Lordy (@jontylord) reported

    @virginmedia hi, I’m struggling to get through to you. I have intermittent WiFi, run all tests possible which show no issues but think I need the hub replacing as it’s getting hot and dropping off WiFi signal a few times an hour