Virgin Media outages and service status in Reading, England

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.

Live Outage Map Near Reading, England

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Farnborough	Internet	1 day ago
Reading	Internet	3 days ago
Reading	TV	4 days ago
High Wycombe	Wi-fi	5 days ago
Reading	Internet	6 days ago
Farnborough	TV	6 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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  Tim Bourne (@TimSBourne) reported 1 second ago from Wokingham, England

  @virginmedia I'm sick of explaining this again & again - see previous tweets & msgs to VM. It isn't even noted - yesterday 2nd line support looked at my ticket & said I'm "not receiving any emails" NO NO NO! Just emails with etickets attached, even tho get non ticket emails from same sources

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  Phil Stacey (@PhilStace20) reported 5 minutes ago 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!

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  Kerryn Newman (@kerrynnewman) reported 5 minutes ago from High Wycombe, England

  @virginmedia what's going on with my internet. No notification of problems!

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  Marta (@vikingmarta89) reported 6 minutes ago from Reading, England

  @virginmedia why since Monday is so bad signal in Reading West ? I’m not able to work !

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  Khurram Qayam (@kqbrain) reported 8 minutes ago 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

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  Craig (@Rochdale_Cowboy) reported 10 minutes ago from Maidenhead, England

  @virginmedia @elise_john85 So you're whacking up Elsie's cost because you have more customers (who are presumably also paying you) using the service, and you want to use Elsie extra £4.50 / month so you can invest in services that attract even more customers?!? Get in the bin!

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  Daniel Bonilla (@danbon1973) reported 10 minutes ago 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?

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  DimiD (@DimiD35089880) reported 13 minutes ago 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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  Nattytude (@nattytude) reported 13 minutes ago 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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  Thom Gibbons (@TheBadgerG) reported 20 minutes ago from Farnborough, England

  @virginmedia Yes, zero issues in area for broadband, pulled apart and reset the router numerous times. It just keeps wanting to download new settings, works for a bit and then fails. Engineer now booked for next Wednesday which is an eternity running my business from home.

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  Alex Turton (@woodyturts) reported 21 minutes ago from Farnborough, England

  @virginmedia service down in GU14?

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  Paul Mackenzie Ross (@pmross) reported 23 minutes ago 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

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  Matt Rose (@mattrose18) reported 24 minutes ago from Farnborough, England

  @virginmedia TV is an issue. broadband is not. Tests are always either cannot connect at this time or say there is nothing wrong. Don’t see how my kit in the house can one minute have speeds on +300Mb to next to nothing?

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  𝗟𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗻 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🍃💚🍃 (@LesleeRBarron) reported 26 minutes ago 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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  GoldyMcGoldface (@Goldy73) reported 27 minutes ago 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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  Marti Jerrard - K74 (@K74Marti) reported 27 minutes ago from Farnborough, England

  Everyday this week and again today @virginmedia has stopped working… constant resets and in some cases down for 3-4 hrs at a time which is preventing work, training, education & entertainment! Come on #Virgin sort your reliability out pse

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  Alex Turton (@woodyturts) reported 36 minutes ago from Farnborough, England

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

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  A Rintsie (@arintsie) reported 38 minutes ago from Marlow Bottom, England

  @virginmedia I am sorry but twice in 45 mins they cut me off as they did not know how to resolve the issue / easy way out

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  Craig (@Rochdale_Cowboy) reported 43 minutes ago from Maidenhead, England

  Took out an @O2 account as part of some 'volt' deal with @virginmedia. My god O2 are bad. Apparently you have to wait a few months to access your account online to wait until their systems "catch up" for new joiners. Shouldn't have bothered.

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  Phil Stacey (@PhilStace20) reported 45 minutes ago 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:

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  chris8854.bskysocial (@chris327759) reported 3 minutes ago

  @virginmedia No I’m aware of the power outage so all I want to do is watch tv which is fine. There’s no internet yet, it’s the message constantly flashing up on the screen that’s annoying. Once u have seen it once, u shouldn’t need to see it again, but every 10 seconds it’s there

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  Mia (@LondonMum2025) reported 12 minutes ago

  @Benleo @virginmedia I’m having the same issues with them

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  Jagger (@Jagger53015280) reported 15 minutes ago

  @virginmedia @Benleo You haven’t addressed his issues. It’s not just about sorting it out. Terrible service.

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  Scott Osborn (@Drscooto) reported 17 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Is this still a problem? I just rebooted my STB and now it useless with a CS1010 error.

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  EyeballKidd 4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Eyeballkidd4) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Benleo @virginmedia Give your custom to someone else. That is what I do when I'm not happy with the service I'm expected to pay for.

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  FootballCricketMad (@fcmad1960) reported 22 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Hi there, my problems are still unresolved and even your "Resolutions" team is blanking me. I need confirmation that we're at the end of the road so I can go to the regulator. How can I get this pls?

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  Ben Leo (@Benleo) reported 23 minutes ago

  Update to this… they really are the worst company in Britain right now - and you won’t believe what @virginmedia have done. I called VM on April 30 asking them to come and fix a broken outside cable at my house. I was (wrongly) told that in order to fix the cable I had to agree a new two year contract which included a main 360 TV box and three streaming boxes. Nothing was ever arranged about fixing my problem, the broken cable. The Indian call centre guy just wanted a sale. After many calls and a missed appointments where I waited in pointlessly after no one ever turned up, an engineer came to fix the cable and install my new boxes. The TV never worked. More calls, two more engineer visits, and it still wouldn’t work. I then posted the original below on X. I then a call from the Virgin Media CEO @LutzSchueler’s assistant to say they MISSOLD me the new contract I never wanted because VM no longer offers 360 TV boxes which allow you to pause, record and rewind live TV. I said ok fine, just put me back on my old contract which had a 360 box - the contract I never would have left until you missold me a new one under the pretence I needed it to fix my broken cable. The CEO’s assistant said no, I can’t go back onto my old contract. And she said I can’t have a 360 box on my new contract. So I’m now stuck with a service I don’t want and was lied to about - with no option to return to my previous contract that I was perfectly happy with since April 2025. They’ve not only missold me a contract, spent hours and hours of my time trying to sort it and caused a hell of a lot of stress - but they’ve now also breached my old contract. She offered me £200 compensation and an apology and said I must stick with the new contract or disconnect. A completely shambolic, insulting and quite frankly disgusting way to treat a customer who has been with them for years. I’ve heard from many of you about similar situations and will now be taking the case to the ombudsman. A clear breach of the Consumer Rights Act and the The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. If anyone has similar experiences with @virginmedia please write them below or DM me. I’ll be fighting for British consumers to make sure they can never treat people like this again.

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  Andy Jones (@Andy_wxm) reported 25 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Been a customer of yours for 2 months and my broadband keeps dropping out. Have switched off the hub and back on yet the broadband signal is still having the same problems

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  Leon Spight (@leonspight) reported 27 minutes ago

  @Benleo Slim consolation however I’ve been a VirginMedia customer for 20+ years and other than a blip back in 2019 due to no fault of VM the service has been fantastic. But this isn’t good enough, come on @virginmedia do better

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  Laura Flavell (@LauraFlavell1) reported 28 minutes ago

  @virginmedia Please can u let me know if Virgin emails are down? I can’t log into my account. I get this: “Your Virgin Media Mail account is currently unavailable. This is either because your Virgin Media Mail account is locked, or because you don’t have an active account with us